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
Shambhu Qavval
OEMI1934
964
?
?
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
P00203
Subramaniam,L
?
OEMI2042
1012
?
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
Vangamani
OEMI2163
1113
17
?
?
author
Mohan Chand Basu
?
OEMI1359
682
?
?
?
composer
composer
Hari Prasad Bandopadhya
OEMI0805
411
Kolkata
20
?
?
Singer-actor of the 1900s
Birchandra Manikya
OEMI0389
194
?
?
patron,
King of Tripura, poet and a great patron of music and alied arts
Rama Poduval N.P.
OEMI1731
870871
Alanalloor, Kerala
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
?
OEMI0278
112113
?
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
Chinna Pakkiri
OEMI0482
240
20
?
?
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
Giriyappagaru
OEMI0703
368
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
Krishna Bhamini
OEMI1095
569
0.1922
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Marris,W.S.
?
OEMI1290
652
?
20
?
?
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
Pitambara Dvija
OEMI1625
812
16
?
?
Singer and poet of Assam
Srinivasulu
?
OEMI2032
1009
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Ghulam Sabir Khan
OEMI0690
363
Moradabad
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
his father Hussain Bakhsh
Maujuddin Khan
?
OEMI1301
658659
?
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Suraj Khan
OEMI2076
1034
16
?
?
vocalist
Sixteenth-century vocalist
Ghulam Hussain Khan
OEMI0681
361
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Imam Khan
Mangal Khan
?
OEMI1259
638
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Amara Simha
?
OEMI0099
46
?
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and playwright
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
?
OEMI0179
78
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
his family
Ahmad Bakhsh
?
OEMI0051
27
Jodhpur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Dodda Subba Rao
OEMI0591
299300
Mysore
19-20
?
?
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Jodh Singh
OEMI0950
483
19
?
?
Eminent 19th-cent. pakhaawaj player
his father Tikaram
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
OEMI0974
494
18
?
?
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
?
OEMI1306
660
?
?
?
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
OEMI1619
808
18
?
?
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
Kalahastayya（veena）
Muthuswami Tiwar
OEMI1418
706
1931
19-20
Tirupadi Puliyar,near Cuddalore,Tamil Nadu
Mysore
Mridangam player
Subbaraya Tewar
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
?
OEMI1302
659
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
OEMI0761
392
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
P00033
Gopal Krishna
OEMI0715
372
Delhi
Noted vichitra veena player
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Najukjan
?
OEMI1436
717
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Prem Singh
OEMI1646
827
20
?
?
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
Subashi
?
OEMI2034
1010
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Vadyanadha Iyer
OEMI2156
1107
20
?
?
singer
disc-record singer of south India
Kushaba Nana Bhide
OEMI1142
581
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Dhabakoti Ammal
?
OEMI0563
281
Tamil Nadu
1920
?
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
?
OEMI0277
112
?
19
?
?
Author of 19th-cent
Mansukhram Nayak
?
OEMI1287
645
?
?
?
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
Kale Khan （Lahore）
OEMI0987
503
?
?
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
?
OEMI1510
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
Inayat Khan （Author）
OEMI0871
442
?
?
Author
Narayanrao Mangalwedhekar
OEMI1492
731
1980
0613
20
?
?
Reputed pakhaawaj player and teacher
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
OEMI0743
381382
?
?
Pioneer of taana-varnams
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Misra
OEMI1332
672
1890
19
?
?
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
Nanhibai
OEMI1452
723
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Vansiali
OEMI2164
1114
19
?
?
poet
Sawai Ram Singh
OEMI1903
958
Jaipur
19
?
?
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Lakshmanachariar
OEMI1158
588589
1919
19-20
?
?
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
OEMI0338
154
1920
19-20
?
Mumbai
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
Kshirod Prasad
OEMI1123
575
Bengal
19-20
?
?
playwright
Mirza Ghalib
OEMI1328
672
19
?
?
poet
Pohre-bua
OEMI1628
812813
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Subbanna(Mugur)
?
OEMI2038
1011
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Andalanuru Subbayya
Bughara Khan
?
OEMI0412
204
?
?
?
tabla player
Noted tabla exponent
Delhi
Modu Khan
OEMI1337
676
?
?
tabla player
Tabla player
Mohammad Bashir Khan
OEMI1346
679
1936
20
Aligarh
Jabra,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
vocalist
Ghulam Ali Khan
OEMI0678
360361
19
?
?
sarod player
A sarod pioneer of the 19th-cent.
Salem Khan
OEMI1854
917
19
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Agra gharaanaa
Surujbai Khande
OEMI2086
10381039
Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Contemporary singer of folk songs of Madhya Pradesh. Particulary bharthari, dholaa maaru, chandaini, alha, and Raam kissaa songs
Family, Jawaharlal Baghel and Pritam Pahadi
folk songs of Madhya Pradesh
Jadumani Dasi
OEMI0892
448
Kolkata
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolkata
Tej Khan
?
OEMI2116
1070
?
19
?
?
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
Kalahasti Ayya
OEMI0981
500
?
?
veena player
Eminent veena exponent of the durbar of King TulajaII of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Mohammad Jan
OEMI1350
680
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Fida Hussain
Mohammad Ali Khan(Agra)
OEMI1339
677
1890
19-20
Sikandarabad,near Agra
?
vocalist
vocalist
Imam Bakhsh Hande
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
OEMI1465
726
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Karam Imam(Mohammad)
OEMI1026
518
1865
19
?
?
Author of the Urdu work
Anandadasa
OEMI0131
56
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
Raghunath Rath
OEMI1681
856
?
?
author
Vanasri Rao
OEMI2162
1112
20
?
?
kuuchipuudi danseuse
Chidambara Bhagavatar
OEMI0474
238
20
?
?
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
Ganesilal Chaube
OEMI0652
331
Ganesilal
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
OEMI0327
145
Mumbai
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
OEMI2147
1102
Assam
20
?
?
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
?
OEMI0281
114
Gwalior
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Gurusami Disikar
OEMI0762
392
?
?
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
Morgaumkar Bhave
OEMI1367
686
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Ramapati Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1749
874
1872
19
Chandrakona, Midnapore, Bengal
?
composer
Composer of kavigaan and some other forms of Bengali music
his father Gangabishnu
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI1524
755
Jodhpur
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
OEMI0873
442
?
?
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
Sukavi Narayanadeva
?
OEMI2053
1026
?
17
?
?
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
Bavdekar-pant Amatya
OEMI0316
130131
1929
19-20
?
Kolhapur
patron,
Music patron of Kolhapur
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bharati Sivaji
OEMI0345
161
?
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
Lalita Sastri
Chhoti Maina I
OEMI0471
237
?
?
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
Gopalasambayya
OEMI0726
375
?
?
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
Hari Vallabh II
OEMI0809
411
?
?
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
P00173
Kumkum Mohanty
OEMI1133
579
Cuttack,Orissa
contemporary Odissi danseuse
Malkajan Chulbulewali
OEMI1250
630
?
?
singer-dancer

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