The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India (OEMI) in three volumes covers history, theory and technical terms, musicians and scholars, and instruments related to Indian music. Edited by the Sangeet Mahabharati, it was published by the Oxford University Press in 2011. Out of the total of 5,000 encyclopaedia entries, approximately 2,000 on musicians and 500 on raga names were extracted to build this database.
 

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Personal ID
name
date of birth
OEMI ID
page
place
year of birth
year of death
date of death
photo
century
birth place
place of death
profession
explanation about profession
gharana
guru
music field
Paglibai
OEMI1570
781
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Ras Baras
OEMI1801
888
17
?
?
author
Bhanudatta Misra
OEMI0341
156
?
?
Author of a Sanskrit work
Shalomo Aharonji Bhastekar
OEMI1928
964
Mumbai, region
?
Author of the musical play
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
OEMI1166
591
?
?
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
Radhakrishna Iyer (Kanjira)
OEMI1669
842843
?
?
Stalwart of kanjiraa,a south Indian rhythmic instrument of the tambourine family.
Mansa Singh(Bhai)
?
OEMI1285
645
?
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Sikh sacred music(sabad)
Suhasini Mulgaonkar
?
OEMI2050
1025
Marathi
1989
0612
20
?
Mumbai
Stage artiste known for her one-woman shows in Marathi
Lakshminarayan Rajak
OEMI1167
591
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
his father Chhotelal Rajak
Aga Shergul
?
OEMI0047
23
Pakistan
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Chandra Sakhi
OEMI0434
217
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Balkrishna Swami
Hakani Bakhsh
OEMI0784
400
Jodhpu
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Kamalam
?
OEMI1006
508509
?
?
?
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
Serfubai
OEMI1909
961
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Somnath Pandit
OEMI2018
993
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
Ramananda Dvija
OEMI1743
873
17
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
his father Raamadeva Aataa
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
OEMI1553
766
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Chatterji, M. N.
OEMI0448
224
Kolkata
20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
P00170
Komik Khongjirem
OEMI1092
566
Meghalaya
?
?
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Manohar,S.S.
?
OEMI1280
644
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Kachchi Sastri
OEMI0972
493
19
?
?
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist （19th cent.）
Alimulla Khan
?
OEMI0081
39
Lucknow
?
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Sadruddin Khan
OEMI1838
910
1880
19
Hapur, Uttar Pradesh
Jaipur
vocalist
vocalist
Haapur gharaanaa
Abhilasha
?
OEMI0025
10
south India
?
?
Author of Sangeet Chandra
Chimman Khan
OEMI0481
239
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Kayam Khan
OEMI1040
532
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Umar Khan
OEMI2146
1102
Kolkata
1982
0222
20
?
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sarod player
his father Sakhawat Hussain Khan
P00003
Abhinava Gupta
?
OEMI0026
11
?
?
?
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
Jagu Ojha
OEMI0907
451
Singer-actor of Oriya yaatraa and suaang plays.
Mahmuda Jan
OEMI1241
622
?
?
vocalist
vocalist and disc-record singer
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
?
OEMI1226
619
?
19
?
?
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
Biswanath Sahai
OEMI0400
197
Benares, second half of the 19th cent.
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Benares style
Benares
Bhairav Sahai
Muthayya Pillai （Pazhani）
OEMI1410
704
1950
20
?
?
Mridangam player
Hamid Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0787
401
?
?
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1022
516
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
Amir Khan(Sikandarabad)
?
OEMI0114
50
Sikandarabad,near Agra,Uttar Pradesh.
1860
?
19
?
Bihar
vocalist
Vocalist
Rangile
his famous uncle Ramzan Khan Rangile
Murad Ali Khan(Hyderabad)
?
OEMI1394
696
0.1915
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Dattibai
?
OEMI0533
259
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
Mughlu Khan
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
Papajan
OEMI1593
795
Hyderabad
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Urmila Singh
OEMI2151
1104
?
singer
Contemporary folk singer
Radhesharan Singh
folk
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
?
OEMI2021
994
?
?
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
Manmathnath Ray
?
OEMI1276
643
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Swamy Naidu, A.
OEMI2093
1042
20
?
?
actor, singer
actor, singer
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0848
436437
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
OEMI1483
729
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Hussainuddin Dagar
OEMI0850
437
?
?
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
OEMI1324
671
?
?
qavvaali singer
Chand Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0429
214
18
?
?
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Muthukkumara Pulavar
OEMI1411
704
19
?
?
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
Tarabai Welingkar
?
OEMI2106
1065
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
Khayaal,thumrii
Gopalakrishna Sastri
OEMI0724
375
18
?
?
A pioneer （18th cent.） in theatrical arts
Shadi Khan （Benares）
OEMI1917
963
19
?
?
Noted tappaa singer of the mid-19th cent.
Ahobal Pandit
?
OEMI0059
29
probably born near Benares
?
16
?
?
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
Baburam Sahai
OEMI0225
9394
Allahabad
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
Dilaram Mishra
?
OEMI0582
295
Benares
?
17
?
?
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
Giribala Dasi
OEMI0694
365
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Jayadiva
OEMI0928
467
12
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kambal
?
OEMI1008
509
?
?
?
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
P00242
Rani
OEMI1795
887
?
?
singer-actress
Sambayya
OEMI1859
922
18-19
?
?
veena player
veena performer
Shahu Maharaj
OEMI1925
963
20
?
?
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
Srijanbai
?
OEMI2027
1008
Lucknow
?
?
?
singer
Competent singer
Ghasit Khan
Lauji,Viswanath
?
OEMI1198
604
?
?
?
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
Viswanath Lauji
OEMI2219
1138
20
?
?
musician
musician
Balwant-bua Bapat
?
OEMI0284
115
19039
?
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Vasudev-bua Joshi(Gwalior gharaanaa),Kolhapur and Pune Gayan Samaj
Pannalal Bajpayi
OEMI1589
794
19
?
?
sitar player
sitar player
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
P00091
Sesha Iyer （Pallavi）
OEMI1911
961962
1908
19-20
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Kovana Samayya
OEMI1093
568
18
?
?
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
Manomohan Basu
?
OEMI1283
644
Bengal
?
19
?
?
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Roy, R.N.
OEMI1822
903
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Srinivas Pandit
?
OEMI2030
1009
?
?
?
Author
Harmasji Ardeshir
OEMI0819
416
Mumbai
?
?
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Keshav-bua Ingle
OEMI1055
540
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
Shah Mir Khan
OEMI1922
963
Indore
?
?
rudra veena player
Performer of the saarangi and rudra veena in the durbar of Indore
Pan Khan
OEMI1581
788
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
18
?
?
vocalist,sitar player
vovalist,sitar player
Ilahijan
OEMI0855
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ajoy Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0063
2930
?
20
?
?
Noted lyricist of Bengali songs of the 1940s
Haidar Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0782
400
Rampur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
some elders
Nunnijan
OEMI1558
768769
?
?
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
Haidar Khan （Saharanpur）
OEMI0781
400
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Imam Bakhash, brother Bairam Khan
Achyutappa Nayak
?
OEMI0036
17
Tamil Nadu
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
?
OEMI1375
691
?
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Deo Kavi
?
OEMI0548
266
1749
?
18
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
Author
Kamalbai
?
OEMI1007
509
?
?
?
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Munnibai
?
OEMI1390
695
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Pedda Dasari
OEMI1616
807
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Utpala Deva
OEMI2152
1104
11
?
?
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
Ramzan Khan (Sarangi)
OEMI1783
885
1897
19
Delhi region
Mumbai
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Lal Khan
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
?
OEMI0055
27
?
?
?
?
singer
An early singer for disc-records
Girisa Ayyar （Vishalur）
OEMI0701
367
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
?
OEMI2039
1011
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Moroba Waghulikar
OEMI1368
686
1908
0120
19-20
?
?
Pioneer singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Chinni Krishna Dasa
OEMI0491
241
19
?
?
composer
Composer （19th cent） of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
Basaveswara
OEMI0311
128129
0.1139
0.1196
12
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka

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