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
Abid Hussain Khan(Tabla)
?
OEMI0029
1415
1867
1936
0612
19-20
Lucknow
Lucknow
tabla player
Ace performer of the Lucknow tabla gharaanaa
Lucknow
Mohammad Khan(d.1879) and Munne Khan
Dhanammal(Vina)
?
OEMI0564
281
1867
1938
1015
19-20
Chennai
Chennai
veena player
Veena celebrity
Anantarama Bhagavatar
1027
OEMI0140
58
1867
1919
19-20
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Lachhiram
OEMI1147
585
1867
1937
19-20
Budasu,Rajasthan
?
performer and writer of Rajasthani khyaals of the Kuchaamani style
Bidaram Krishnappa
?
OEMI0373
184185
Mysore
1866
1931
?
19-20
Mysore
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of the Mysore royal durbar.
Bhendi Bazaar
Eknath Pandit
?
OEMI0612
310311
1866
1950
0430
19-20
Gwalior
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Bipin Chandra Chattopadhyay
OEMI0387
193
1866
1940
19-20
Barisal
Barisal
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishnu Bhattacharya, Upendra Nath Ray, Hari Narayan Mukhopadhyay
Rajanikant Sen
OEMI1705
864
1865
1910
19-20
Bhangabari, Pabna district （now Bangladesh）
?
composer
Reputed poet-composer of a type of Bengali songs, identified by his name as Kaanta-geeti
Murad Khan(Rudra Vina)
?
OEMI1396
696697
1864
1927
?
19-20
Jawra,Madhya Pradesh
?
Eminent propagator of Bande Ali Kahn's veena tradition.
Mughlu Khan
Krishnarao Mulay
1223
OEMI1114
572
1864
1944
0721
19-20
Pune
Bilimora,South Gujarat
rudra veena player
performer of rudra veena
Annasaheb Gharpure,Ganesh Krishna Apte
Ali Bakhsh (Khyal)
?
OEMI0075
3738
Rajasthan
1864
1902
?
19-20
Mandawar, in the former state of Alwar, Rajasthan
Mandawar
writer
Writer of khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
Yadavendra Nandan Mahaparta
?
OEMI2244
1148
Bengal
1864
1930
?
19-20
?
?
Surbahaar player
Bamasharan Bhattacharya, Jadu Bhatta, and some others.
Ganesh Chaturvedi
OEMI0651
331
1864
1939
19-20
?
Mathura
tabla player
Mridang and tabla player of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Lakshmanan Pillai, T.
0503
OEMI1159
589
1864
1950
19-20
Tamil Nadu
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
composer
Noted composer of Tamil songs
Tamil song
Himendra Mohan Bose
OEMI0832
424
1864
1916
0828
19-20
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
Kolkata
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
Adibhatla Narayana Dasa
?
OEMI0039
21
1864
1945
?
19-20
?
?
Well-known Harikathaa performer and teacher
Akbar Allahabadi
1116
OEMI0067
31
1864
1921
0909
19
?
Allahabad
Noted Urdu poet of grazals and such other forms
Kabiram Sarma
OEMI0971
493
1864
1954
19-20
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
Saruthekerabari
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bhabiram Sarma,
Dwijendralal Roy
OEMI0608
307
1863
1913
0517
19-20
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
Kolkata
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
Bikku Maharaj
?
OEMI0374
188
Benares
1863
1949
?
19-20
?
?
tabla player
Eminent tabla player of Benares
Radhika Prasad Goswami
OEMI1675
844
1863
1924
19-20
Vishnupur,Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Sayajirao （III）, Gaekwad （Maharaja）
OEMI1904
958959
1863
1939
19-20
Kavllana, Khandesh district, Maharashtra
Baroda
patron,
Great patron of the arts; enlightened ruler of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda
Azhaganambi Pillai
OEMI0213
90
1863
0.1926
19
Srirangam
Mridangam performer of Kumbhakonam, Tamil Nabu
His uncles, Swaminatha Pillai and Venka Pillai
Saloman Shalom Aptekar
OEMI1856
918
1863
1957
No
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
author of keertan-aakhyaans and musical plays in Marathi on Jewish devotional themes
Rahimat Khan
OEMI1690
858
1863
1954
19-20
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
Dharwad,Karnataka
sitar player
sitar player
Ghulam Hussain Khan
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
0304
OEMI0356
168169
1863
1901
0213
19-20
?
?
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Madhav Patankar
?
OEMI1215
612
1862
1916
0203
19-20
?
Maharashtra
writer, producer
Writer and producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
Keshavrao Apte
OEMI1056
540
1862
1945
19-20
Ujjain
Indore
Dhrupad siger of the tradition of Chintaman Mishra of the Gwaalior gharaanaa
the Gwaalior gharaanaa
Divudu lyer
?
OEMI0561
280
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
1901
?
19-20
?
?
violinist
Violinist
Kodandarama Iyer, T.P.
OEMI1088
560
1861
1934
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
Compiler of bhakti sangeet
Pochi Srinivasa Iyengar
OEMI1630
813
1860
1919
19-20
?
?
vocalist, composer
Veteran vocalist and composer
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Bhatkhande, V.N.
0810
OEMI0352
167168
1860
1936
0919
19-20
Mumbai
Mumbai
musicologist
Distinguished musicologist with a high record of research
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
OEMI0947
482
1860
1915
19-20
?
Kolkata
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
Dakshina Charan Sen
?
OEMI0514
251252
Bengal
1860
1925
?
19-20
probably Maheshpur,Bengal
Kolkata
A pioneer of orchestra in Bengal
Debkantha Bagchi
?
OEMI0542
262
1860
1930
?
18-19
Nabadwip district,Bengal
probably Kolkata
Noted 19th-cent. music director of the Bengal theatre
Gopal Chandra Chakravarty
Bengal theatre
Chandra Prabha
OEMI0433
217
Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
1860
1925
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Bhavnagar durbar, Gujarat
Bhavnagar durbar,
Joshi, D.K.
OEMI0962
488489
1860
1942
0717
19-20
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
?
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
Wazir Khan(Rampur)
?
OEMI2241
11451146
1860
1926
?
19-20
Rampur
Ramupur
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena exponent of his time.
his father Amir Khan and his grandfather Bahadur Hussain Khan
Lachmi Prasad Mishra
OEMI1149
585
1860
1929
1207
19-20
Sonpuna, Benares
Kolkata
vocalist
Noted vocalist and instrumentalist
his father Ramkumar Mishra
Fox-Strangways,A.H.
?
OEMI0636
321
1859
1948
?
19-20
Norwich,England
Salisbury,England
Author of The Music of Hindostan
Abraham Panditar
0802
OEMI0030
15
1859
1919
0831
19-20
Sambavar Vadakarai,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
Scholar,music activist,and a pioneer of music conferences
Sadayandi Pattar and a local naagaswaram player(name not available)
Shyamlal Kshetri
OEMI1981
975
Kolkata
1858
1927
19-20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
patron
Noted patron of musicians
Amrital Datta
OEMI0123
52
Bengal
1858
1912
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
Asadullah Khan
?
OEMI0182
7879
1858
1915
?
19-20
Kolkata
Kolkata
Reputed sarod player
Sakharam-pant Agale
OEMI1852
916
1858
1918
No
19-20
Vaijapur, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
Satara, Maharashtra
pakhaawaj player
Nana Panse
Jamaluddin Khan
OEMI0913
460
Baroda
1858
1928
19-20
most probably Jaipur
Baroda
rudura veena player of the Baroda durbar
Amiruddin Khan
Muzaffar Khan
OEMI1421
706707
1858
19
Delhi
?
vocalist
vocalist
Maste Khan
Karim Khan
OEMI1029
519
1857
1919
19-20
Jaipur
?
sitar player
sitar Player
Azim Bakhsh
OEMI0214
90
1857
1908
19-20
probably Indore
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
his uncle Ramzan Khan
P06695
Munir Khan
?
OEMI1384
694
1857
1938
0911
19-20
Laliyana,near Meerut,Uttar Pradesh
Raigarh,Madhya Pradesh
tabla player
Eminent tabla player
Nagendranath Bhattacharya
?
OEMI1434
717
1857
1934
?
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Ahoran Simson Ashtamkar
?
OEMI0060
29
Poet and autor of Keertan-aakhyaans on Jewish devotional themas, in Marathi
1856
1894
?
19
Mumbai
Mumbai
Pratibha Devi
OEMI1642
826
1856
1922
19-20
Jorasanko, Kolkata
Kolkata
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
Mangeshrao Telang
08??
OEMI1260
639
1856
1949
08??
19-20
Baad,near Karwar,Karnataka
Karwar
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player
Anant Barve
OEMI0133
57
1856
1923
19-20
Manmad, Maharashtra
Pune
Playwright of Marathi musicals
Isak Salom Awaskar
OEMI0881
445
1856
1910
19-20
Awas village, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
Balkoba Natekar
?
OEMI0276
112
1855
1910
?
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Wazir Khan Dhrupadiya
Govind Ballal Deval
1113
OEMI0734
380
1855
1916
06??
19-20
Haripur, near Sangli, Maharashtra
?
producer, author
Veteran producer of Marathi musical plays and author of legendary plays like Saarada and Samsaykallol
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
Kannuswami Rao
OEMI1023
517
1855
1936
19-20
?
?
Performer of svarabat, a small harp
Alladiya Khan (Jaipur-Atrauli)
0810
OEMI0085
3941
Mumbai
1855
1946
0316
19-20
Uniyara, a former principality in Rajasthan
Mumbai
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Fida Hussain Khan(Sarod)
?
OEMI0632
319320
1855
1927
?
19-20
?
Rampur
His distinguished career
Rajendra Narayan Ray
OEMI1711
865
1854
1903
19-20
?
?
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
Subbanna
?
OEMI2037
1011
1854
1939
?
19-20
Mysore
Mysore
composer
Eminent veena player and composer
Dodda Seshanna and Sadasiva Rao
Mysore Karigiri Rao
?
OEMI1423
709
1853
1927
?
19-20
?
Mysore
vocalist,composer
Well-known vocalist and composer of the Mysore durbar
Purushottam Dongre
OEMI1654
831
1853
1908
19-20
?
?
Author of Marathi plays
Khurshed Ali Khan
OEMI1076
555
1852
1950
19-20
?
Lucknow
vocalist
Distinguished vocalist of the Lucknow gharaanaa
the Lucknow gharaanaa
Bhagawan Chandra Das
OEMI0328
148
1852
1931
19-20
Murshidabad
Dhaka
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Purushottam Telang
OEMI1655
831832
1852
1920
19-20
Karwar taluka, Karnataka
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Tanras Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
Seshanna （Vina）
OEMI1913
962
Mysore
1852
1926
0725
19-20
Mysore
?
Eminent performer of the Mysore durbar, often called Mysore Veena Seshanna
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
OEMI0337
153154
Rampur
1852
1920
19-20
Gwalior
Dhaulpur
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
Bande Ali Khan
thumrii
Balwantrao Sahasrabuddhe
?
OEMI0290
116
1851
1914
0922
19-20
Alibag,near Mumbai
Mumbai
Pioneer activist in music education
Vishnu Mahajani
11??
OEMI2209
1134
1851
1923
02??
19-20
Pune, Maharashtra
?
Poet and playwright
Saraswatibai
OEMI1887
948
1850
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sakharam
Kalka Prasad Maharaj
OEMI0992
505
1850
190010
19
Lucknow
Lucknow
Legendary Kathak dancer
his uncle Thakur Prasad
Hussain Ali Khan
OEMI0845
436
1850
19
Madhya Pradesh
?
sarod player
Noted sarod player of the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Mohammad
Nanhe Khan （Tabla）
OEMI1449
723
1850
0.1915
19
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
probably Kolkata
tabla player
Tabla player?
his father Hussain Ali, Vilayat Ali
Muthayya Bhagavatar
OEMI1409
704
1850
1900
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
OEMI2172
1118
1850
1905
19-20
?
?
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
Pyara-saheb
OEMI1665
835
1850
1923
19-20
Lucknow
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
OEMI1694
858859
1850
1922
19-20
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
vocalist
vocalist
Balkrishna-bua lchalkaranjikar
?
OEMI0279
113
1849
1926
?
19-20
Bedag,Maharashtra
Miraj,Maharashtra
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and chief protagonist of the Gwalior khayaal style in Maharashtra.
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
khayaal
Dargahi Mishra
?
OEMI0524
257
Benares
1849
1926
?
19-20
Benares
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Jyotindranath Tagore
OEMI0966
490
1849
1925
19-20
Kolkata
Ranchi, Bihar
Scion and contributor to the musico-literary traditions of the Tagore family
Inayat Hussain Khan
OEMI0869
441
1849
1919
19-20
?
Benares
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and founder of a prominent branch of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
his father , Bahadur Hussain
Jadava Krishna Basu
OEMI0889
447
1848
1926
19-20
Bengal
patron,
Patron,organizer,and promoter of music education;based in the Kolkata region.
Karamatullah Khan(Sarod)
OEMI1027
518
1848
1933
19-20
Bulandshahr,Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
sarod player
Niyamatullah Khan
Padmanabhayya
OEMI1567
780
1847
1900
19
?
Mysore city
veena player,composer
Veena performer and composer
Venkatesa Saastri and Shamanna
Dwarkanath Ghosh
OEMI0607
307
1847
1938
19-20
24 Parganas region, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
A pioneer in the manufacture of harmonium
Deval,K.B.
0506
OEMI0553
274275
1847
1931
0316
19-20
Sangli,Maharashtra
?
musicologist
Musicologist
Haidar Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0773
398399
1846
1901
19-20
?
?
rudra veena player,sursingaar player
Sursingaar and rudra veena player
Amir Khan, Bahadur Hussain Khan
Kalyana Krishna Bhagavatar
?
OEMI0997
506
1846
1888
?
19
Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
Eminent veena player
his father Venkatadri Bhagavatar
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
OEMI1611
805
Thanjavur
1845
1902
19-20
?
Thanjavur
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Melattur Ganapati Sastrigal, Venkatasubbayyar （Manambuchavadi）
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
Mohammad Khan
OEMI1351
680
1845
1910
19-20
Kolkata
sitar player
Surbahaar and sitar exponent
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
?
OEMI1222
618
Thanjavur
1844
1893
?
19
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
Gwaria Baba
OEMI0765
395
1843
1938
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
his father and Dandi Swaami
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
0303
OEMI0153
65
1843
1885
1102
19
?
Gurlhosur （his hometown）, Karnataka
Celebrity known for Marathi musical plays
Kali Prasanna Banerji
OEMI0989
503
1842
1900
19
Kolkata
?
sitar player
Sitar and surbahaar player
Kshetra Mohan, Jyotirindranath Tagore, his brother Sourindra Mohan Tagore
Girish Chandra Ghosh
02??
OEMI0702
367
1842
1912
19-20
Kolkata
?
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
Krishnarao Ashtewale
OEMI1110
572
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
19
?
?
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Raghumatharao

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