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
Savta Mali
OEMI1899
957
0.125
0.1295
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Amir Khusrau
?
OEMI0116
5051
0.1253
1325
?
13-14
Patiala
?
poet-musician, Sufi mystic
Thirteenth-century poet-musician and Sufi mystic of the Delhi Sultanate
Qavvaal
Gora Kumbhar
?
OEMI0733
377
Teradhoki
0.1267
0.1296
?
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Jyotiriswara
OEMI0968
490
0.128
1340
13-14
?
?
Author of Varna Ratnaakara and two more works titled Maithili Dhurta Sumagama and Nritya Vidyaa Kathaa
Vidyapati Thakur
OEMI2201
1127
0.136
0.1448
14-15
?
?
composer
Legendary poet and composer of sings rich in devotional and literary content
Kabir
OEMI0970
492493
0.1398
0.1518
14-15
?
?
Saint-poet
Nayak Bakhshu
?
OEMI1521
751752
0.146
0.1535
?
15
?
?
vocalist
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
Raja Maansingh Toomar
dhrupad
Nayak Baiju
?
OEMI1520
751
0.1465
0.154
?
15
Champaner village,North Gujarat
?
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
Shyam Kumbhar
OEMI1977
975
0.1466
15
?
?
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
Purandaradasa
OEMI1651
830831
0.1471
1564
0102
15-16
Purandaragad village
Hampi Karnataka
musician
Saint-musician, usually called the grandfather of present-day Karnatik music
Surdas
OEMI2079
1035
0.1478
15
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
singer
Blind singer
It is not known
Haridas Swami （Vrindavan）
OEMI0813
412413
0.148
0.1575
15-16
Kher, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan, near Agra
composer
Legendary saint-composer
Mirabai
?
OEMI1314
663664
0.1504
1546
?
16
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
?
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
Nabat Khan
?
OEMI1427
711
0.153
0.161
?
16
Singhalgad, Rajasthan
Agra[then called Akbarabad]
rudra veena player
Rudra veena maestro of the Seni gharaanaa
Seni
Tulsidas
OEMI2139
10951096
0.1532
1623
16-17
?
?
Saint-poet, celebrated author of Raama Charita Maanas, the story of Sri Raama, in Avadhi, a dialect of the Hindi-speaking region of India
Naraharidaas
Narottamdas Thakur
?
OEMI1497
731
0.1533
?
16
Kheturi,Bengal
?
composer
Vaishnava devotee and composer
Vaishnava saint-musician
Surdas Madanmohan
OEMI2080
1035
0.1537
1600
16
?
Vrindaavan, Uttar Pradesh
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Suratsen
OEMI2077
1034
0.1539
0.1615
16-17
Rewa, Madhta Pradesh
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Taansen
Bilas Khan
?
OEMI0376
189
0.154
0.1621
?
16
Rewa,Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist,composer
Eminent dhrupad singer and composer
dhrupad
Lal Khan （Bade or Seni）
OEMI1171
591
0.1562
0.165
16-17
?
?
vocalist
Eminent 17th-cent. vocalist
Sheikh Bahauddin Burnawa
OEMI1958
970971
0.158
0.168
16-17
musician
Ascetic musician
Narharidevji
?
OEMI1496
731
0.1587
0.1688
?
16-17
?
?
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
Khushal Khan
OEMI1077
555
0.16
168090
17
Agra
Delhi
vocalist
Vocalist, the foremost luminary of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
his father Laai Khan Seni
Bhadrachala Ramadas
OEMI0326
145
0.162
0.168
17
Nelakondapalle, Golkonda, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
Hassan Khan Seni
OEMI0824
418419
0.166
0.173
17
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
his father Sughar （or Sudhar） Khan
dhrupad
Adarang(Feroze Khan)
?
OEMI0037
19
0.1692
0.1776
?
17-18
?
Delhi
vocalist
Eminent vocalist of the durbar
Sadaarang
Bhupat Khan(Maharang)
?
OEMI0368
183
0.1696
0.1778
?
17-18
?
?
rudra veena player
A master of rudra veena in the Seni tradition.
Seni
his father Sadaarang
Gulab Khan （Seni）
OEMI0754
386
0.17
0.1768
18
Delhi
Jaipur, Rajasthan
vocalist,rabaab player
Dhrupad singer and rabaab player
his father Hassan Khan Seni
dhrupad
Feroze Khan （Sitar）
OEMI2269
319
0.17
0.1768
18
probably Delhi
Delhi
composer,sitar player
Well-known composer of Feroze-khaani sitar-gat
his father Amirkhan-Khusraukhan, Sadaarang
Venkata Subbayyar （Uttukkadu）
OEMI2186
11211122
0.17
1765
18
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
Krishna Chandra Ray
OEMI1097
569
0.171
0.1783
18
?
?
patron,
Music lover and patron
Ram Prasad Sen
OEMI1725
869870
0.1723
0.1783
18
Halisahar-Kumarhatta in Nadia [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Ascetic musician of 18th-cent. Bengal
Lalit Mohinidev
OEMI1185
595
0.1727
0.1805
18
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
P02009
Masit Khan
?
OEMI1293
655
0.173
0.18
?
18
?
?
Innovator of the Mastikhaani gat
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
?
OEMI2254
1157
0.174
?
18
Atrauli
?
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
Shori-miya （Ghulam Nabi）
OEMI1968
973
0.174
1803
18-19
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer
his father Ghulaam Rasool, Nawab Suja-ud-daulaa
Dulha Khan
OEMI0597
303
Jaipur
0.1745
0.182
18
?
?
vocalist
Noted 18th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer of Jaipur
dhrupad
Natthe Khan
?
OEMI1515
741
0.1745
?
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurjaa
Sukhsen
?
OEMI2055
1027
0.175
0.18
?
18
Gwalior
Gwalior
Reputed dhrupad exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
Bakhshu-miya
OEMI0257
106
0.175
18
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa which emerged between 1775 and 1800
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
his grand-father Siddhar Khan Dhaadi, Bade Kale Khan
Chhota Naubat Khan
OEMI0464
236
0.1756
18
?
?
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
Ram Joshi
OEMI1720
868
0.1758
1813
06??
18-19
Solapur district, Maharashtra
?
Poet, writer of tamaashaa plays, and performer of Marathi keertan
Natthan Pir Bakhsh
?
OEMI1514
741
0.176
0.1837
?
18
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Khayaal pioneer of Gwalior
his father Pir Bakhsh
khayaal
Nirmal Shah
OEMI1538
762
0.176
0.183
18
Lucknow
Benares
rudra veena player
Eminent performer of the rudra veena
his father Jeevan Shah
Bahadur Khan （Seni）
OEMI0248
102
0.1762
0.1805
18
?
Delhi
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
his father Masit Khan
Bahadur Khan （Seni, Rabab）
OEMI0249
102
0.1765
18
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
?
Eminent exponent
his father Jeevan Khan Seni
Bade Changeh Khan
OEMI0234
96
0.177
0.1857
18-19
Panipat
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal singer of the durbar of Mughal king Bahadur Shah Zafar
khayaal
Jodhe Khan
OEMI0951
483
0.177
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Haidar Khan Seni
OEMI0783
400
0.177
0.184
18
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father Jeevan Khan,
dhrupad,dhamaar
Lalan Fakir
OEMI1177
592
0.1774
1891
18-19
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Zaffar Khan
?
OEMI2252
1157
0.1776
0.184
?
18-19
?
Benares
rabaab player
Eminent rabaab player
Seni
his father Chhajju Khan
Haidar Bakhsh （Jaipur）
OEMI0775
399
Jaipur
0.1777
0.1833
18-19
?
?
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of Jaipur
Dulhe Khan, Masit Khan
Achpal-miya
?
OEMI0034
17
0.178
0.1854
?
18-19
Delhi
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbabr of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
Delhi Qavvaal
Basit Khan
OEMI0314
129
0.1787
0.1887
18-19
?
?
composer
Reputed 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and composer
Umrao Khan （Rudra Vina）
OEMI2148
1102
0.1788
0.184
18-19
?
probably Rewa
rudra veena player
Reputed rudra veena exponent of the Seni tradition
Seni
his father Chhote Naubat Khan, his uncle Nirmal Shah
Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
OEMI0666
353
0.179
0.188
18-19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Founder of the Agra khayaal tradition
the Agra khayaal
khayaal
Hassu Khan
OEMI0825
419
Gwalior
0.179
0.1855
18-19
Gwalior
Gwalior
vocalist
Vocalist of the brother-duo Haddu-Hassu Khan of Gwalior
Gwalior
Sher Khan
OEMI1963
971
0.1792
0.1862
18-19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
his paternal uncle Ghagge Khuda Bakhsh
khayaal
Mubarak Ali Khan(Jaipur)
?
OEMI1371
689
0.1795
0.188
?
18-19
Lucknow
Jaipur
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Bade Mohammad Khan
Hussain Khan Babbar
OEMI0847
436
0.1795
0.187
18-19
?
?
sitar player
Noted sitar player
his cousin Rahimsen
Devji-bua Paranjape
?
OEMI0560
279
0.1798
1878
?
18-19
Pune,Maharashtra
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Gadgil-bua
Mysore Sadasiva Rao
?
OEMI1424
709710
0.18
1885
?
19
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer
Ghasit Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0674
356
0.18
0.188
19
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
dhrupad
Imdad Khan （Agra）
OEMI0864
440
0.18
0.186
19
Agra
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
agra gharaanaa
his family
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
OEMI1929
964
0.1803
19
?
?
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
Ganga Narayan Chattopadhyaya
OEMI0653
331332
0.1808
0.1874
19
Bilwapushkarini village, Nadia district, Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher
Mir Nasiram
dhrupad
Bahadur Hussain Khan
OEMI0246
101
0.1808
0.187
19
?
?
sursingaar player
Sursingaar maestro of the Rampur royal durbar
Rampur royal durbar
Munduru Khan
?
OEMI1383
693694
0.181
0.1884
?
19
Rampur,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
Sarod player
Amritsen
OEMI0124
5253
0.1813
0.1893
19
Jhajjar, near Delhi
Jaipur
sitar player
Sitar and surabin （string） maestro
his father Rahimsen
Nissar Ali Khan （Seni）
OEMI1540
763
0.1814
0.188
19
Lucknow
Benares
sursingaar player,rabaab player
Sursingaar and rabaab exponent
his father, Zaffar Khan, his elder brother, Sadiq Ali
Tanras Khan
?
OEMI2104
10591060
0.1814
0.1885
?
19
Dasna,near Delhi
Hyderabad
Khyaal stalwart
Ram Sahai
OEMI1726
870
0.1815
0.1868
19
Benares
Benares
tabla player
Outstanding tabla player, originator of the Benares tradition in tabla
Benares
Niyamatullah Khan
OEMI1547
765766
0.1816
0.1902
19-20
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Sarod maestro, a pioneer
Mahadev Gokhale
?
OEMI1223
618619
0.1819
1901
?
19-20
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
?
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
khayaal
Amir Khan(Seni,Rampur)
?
OEMI0113
50
0.182
0.1873
?
19
Banda,Uttar Pradesh
Rampur
vocalist, rudra veena player,
Reputed rudra veena player,proficient as a vocalist of dhrupad and dhamaar as well.
his father Umrao Khan
Gokhibai
OEMI0706
370371
0.182
187580
19
Punjab
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
Bairam Khan
Antu-bua Apte
OEMI0160
68
Maharashtra
0.182
0.191
19
Ramdurg, Karnataka
?
vocalist
A khayaal pioneer of Maharashtra, particularly of the Lucknow style
Lucknow
Mahadev Gokhale
khayaal
Taj Khan
?
OEMI2101
10521053
0.182
0.1904
?
19-20
?
Nepal
vocalist
Eminent singer of dhrupad and khayaal
Haidar Khan,Sadiq Ali Khan,
dhrupad,khayaal
Keshab Chandra Mitra
OEMI1051
540
0.1822
1901
19-20
Bhavanipur, Kolkata
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player
Ram Chakravarty
Baneswar Sarma
OEMI0295
118
0.1824
1914
19-20
Assam
Assam
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Murai Mohan Gupta
?
OEMI1398
697698
0.1824
0.1904
?
19
Barrackpore,Bengal
Kolkata
Well-known pakhaawaj player and teacher.
pakhaawaj
Ali Mohammad Khan (Badku-miya)
?
OEMI0079
38
?
0.1824
0.1885
?
19
Lucknow
Benares
sursingaar player
Well-known sursingaar player, descendant of Taansen
Ashtaputre(Bhau Sastri)
?
OEMI0195
83
Pune
0.1825
0.1875
?
19
?
Pune
Author of Gaayan Prakaasa
Chinnaswami Dasar
OEMI0484
240
0.1828
0.1881
19
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
Hirabai I
OEMI0836
431
0.1828
19
Lucknow region
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ata Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0197
84
0.183
0.1907
?
19
Lucknow
Bhawal,Bengal
tabla player
table player
Farukhaabaad
Alamsen
?
OEMI0071
34
0.183
0.19
?
19
Gwalior
Gwalior
Eminent dhrupad exponent
P01173
Bande Ali Khan
?
OEMI0293
116117
0.183
0.1896
?
No
19
Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh
Pune,Maharashtra
udra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
Seni
Anantalal Bandopadhyaya
OEMI0139
58
0.1832
0.1896
19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Vishnupur
Gopal Chandra Chakravarti
OEMI0713
372
0.1832
1899
19
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Dhrupad singer and an early khayaal singer of Bengal
Gopal Prasad Mishra, Haddu and Hassu Khan
dhrupad, khyaal
P06664
Badal Khan
OEMI0232
95
0.1834
0.1937
No
19
?
Agra
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player of the Paanipat gharaanaa
Paanipat
Buniyad Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0416
205
Rampur
0.1835
1918
?
19-20
Bareilly
Rampur
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur durbar
Faiz Mohammad Khan
?
OEMI0619
316
Baroda
0.1835
0.1904
?
19-20
probably Agra
Baroda,Gujarat
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Baroda durbar
Baroda durbar
Fateh Mohammad and Ghasit Khan
Kalbe Ali Khan
OEMI0984
502
0.1836
0.1887
19
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Rampur state
Bindadin Maharaj
OEMI0383
192
0.1838
1918
19-20
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
Thakur Prasad
Bhairav sahai
OEMI0335
151
Benares
0.1839
0.191
19
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla player of Benares
Ram Sahai, Modu Khan
Mehbob Khan
OEMI2275
666
0.1839
0.1915
19-20
Atrauli
Atrauli
vocalist
Vocalist and composer, well-known by his pen-name 'Daras-piyaa'
his father Zahur Khan, Tanras Khan
Bamacharan Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0292
116
0.1839
1896
?
19
Ranaghat,Bengal
?
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
Dehiram Sarma Oja
?
OEMI0546
264
0.1839
0.1919
?
19
Vyasapara,Darrang district,Assam
Vyasapara
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
P00152
Hanumandas Singh
OEMI0795
408409
0.184
1939
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Gaya
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal

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