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
OEMI ID
Name
Field
Notes about Field
Speciality
Place of Residence
Year of Birth
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Year of Death
Date of Death
Place of Death
Gharana
Guru
Page
OEMI0017
Abdul Salam
composer
Composer,a contemporary of the famous Kazi Nazrul Islam(b.1899)
?
?
?
?
6
OEMI0054
Ahmad Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of llate 18th cent.,
?
?
?
?
?
27
P02053
OEMI0866
Imrat Khan
sitar player
Noted exponent of sitar and surbahaar
1936
Kolkata
his maternal grandfather Bande Hassan Khan, maternal uncle Sinde Hassan Khan, his father's brother Wahid Khan
440
OEMI1695
Rais Khan
sitar player
sitar player
1939
1125
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Mohammad Khan
860
OEMI0457
Chhajju Khan
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
230
OEMI1421
Muzaffar Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1858
Delhi
?
Maste Khan
706707
OEMI2059
Sulaiman
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and tappaa singer of Lucknow
khayaal
Lucknow
?
?
Rajab Ali Khan
1029
OEMI0107
Ambika Charan Guha
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
?
?
?
?
48
OEMI1327
Mirich Khan
saarangi player
saarangi player
1832
?
Tonk, Rajasthan
Haidar Bakhsh
672
OEMI0627
Fazue Lal Pandit
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
319
OEMI2066
Sundarabai of Surat
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
?
?
1030
OEMI1393
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
?
?
?
?
696
OEMI0095
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
vocalist
Vocalist
Gwalior
?
?
?
?
Qavvaal-bachhe
45
P00125
OEMI0184
Asgaribai
vocalist
Vocalist
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
08??
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
Zahur Khan
81
OEMI1173
Lal Khan Sani
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzab
?
?
591
OEMI1518
Naval Sakhi
Performer of devotional dances
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
749750
OEMI2255
Zahur Khan （Khayal）
He belonged to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
17805
?
?
1157
P00121
OEMI0162
Appa Jalgaonkar
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
1926
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
71
OEMI1986
Siddiqi Manganiar
singer
Folk singer
folk
1939
Jamphli, West Rajasthan
family elders
976
OEMI2073
Sunderlal Gangani
Kathak dancer and teacher
?
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
1031
OEMI1451
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
vocalist?
Vocalist?
?
?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
723
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
P00053
OEMI1187
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Mumbai
1919
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
600
P03166
OEMI1231
Maharajapuram Santhanam
vocalist
vocalist
1928
0520
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
620
P02523
OEMI1180
Lalchand Yamla Jat
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
1919
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
593
OEMI0065
Ajoy Sinha Roy
sitar player
Sitar player
Kolkata
1920
1201
?
30
OEMI0186
Asghar Ali
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
81
OEMI0654
Gangadhar
Poet and author of a work of 27 raagamaalaa verses on Bhairav, Maalkauns, Hindool, Deepak, Sri, and Megh raagas and raaginis as per the Hanumaan Mat scheme
?
?
332
P00153
OEMI0807
Hari Uppal
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
1926
Patna, Bihar
411
P00160
OEMI0919
Jani-miya
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
462
P00185
OEMI1322
Minati Mishra
Odissi danseuse and teacher
1934
Cuttack,Orissa
671
P00190
OEMI1550
Nokot Khriam
Maker of musical instruments
1944
Nongblai,Meghalaya
766
P02707
OEMI1746
Ramani, N.
Reputed flute player
1934
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
874
OEMI1984
Siddheshwar Sen
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Malwa, Rajasthan
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Radha Kishan Guru
976
OEMI2263
Zebanjan
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Jhajjar, near Delhi
?
?
1160
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
P00094
OEMI1966
Shivkumar Sharma
Eminent santoor player
Mumbai
1938
0113
Jammu
Kashmir Valley
972973
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
P06047
OEMI1502
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1924
1220
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
733
OEMI1153
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
1921
0402
Imphal, Manipur
a few teacher
586587
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
P00169
OEMI1086
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
0513
Kerala
560
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI1888
Sarat Chandra Sarma
singer
1913
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
?
his grandfather and father, Bhabiram Sarma
948949
OEMI1463
Narayan Chandra Goswami
Exponent of Sattriiya music, drama, and the Sanskrit language
1942
Chamguri Sattra, Majuli, Jarhar region of Assam
726
OEMI1961
Sheikh Khan Mohammad
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
971
OEMI1299
Matrubhotayya(Kavi)
composer
Noted composer of the pre-Tyaagaraaja period
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1798
Ranjit Adhikarimayum
performer of Manipuri dance, choreographer
1957
0301
Imphal, Manipur
Tarunkumar Singh, Anganhal Singh
888
OEMI0872
Inayat Khan （Dhrupad）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of dhrupads
?
?
the family
442
OEMI1109
Krishnaraja Wodeyar Ⅲ
patron,
royal patron of music and author
?
?
571572
P00127
OEMI0196
Astad Debo
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
1947
0713
Kolkata
84
OEMI0309
Barve P.N.
vocalist,
Vocalist and recording executive
1918
1230
Akola, Maharashtra
Dinkarbhhau Patwardhan, Krishnarao Pandit, and some others
124
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0496
Chitrabai
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Benares
?
?
242
OEMI0558
Devidas
saarangi player
Saarangi player at the turn of the 18th cent.
Pune,Maharashtra
?
?
?
?
Bijaram
278
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI0911
Jaisukhbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
456
P00162
OEMI0979
Kaibuaia, H.
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Mizoram
1919
Luangpawn, Mizoram
497
OEMI1078
Khushi Mohammad
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
556
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1378
Mukhtar Begum
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore
Lahore
?
Amritsar district,Punjab
?
?
Fattu Khan
692
OEMI1624
Pingle, B.A.
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
?
?
811812
OEMI2009
Sohrab Hossain
vocalist
Vocalist
1925
Nadia district, West Bengal
Abbasuddin Ahmed （Bengali folk songs）
991
P00208
OEMI2123
Thilagam,P.R.
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
1926
?
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
1078
OEMI2226
Sailabai
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
?
?
?
915
OEMI2178
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
1120
P00157
OEMI0877
Indira P.P. Bora
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
1949
Golaghat, Assam
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
443
P00083
OEMI1569
Pagaldas Swami
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
1920
0815
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
781
P01343
OEMI2064
Sunanda Patnaik
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
1934
1107
Cuttack, Orissa
Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Omkarnath Thakur
10291030
OEMI2279
Narayanaswami Iyer （Pudukottai）
violinist
Violinist of early 20th cent.
?
?
728
OEMI1469
Narayan Swami
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Gwalior
?
?
726727
OEMI0355
Bhatta Gopala
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
?
?
168
OEMI1805
Rasol Beg
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
892
OEMI1999
Sivakalundo
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Chennai
?
?
987
OEMI0490
Chinnayya Swami
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Kolhapur
?
?
241
OEMI1326
Mirasi Rimju Ali
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
672
OEMI0948
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
482
OEMI0802
Hargovind Swami
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
411
OEMI0042
Afruddin Khan
Qavvaali singer
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0965
Juma Khan
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player employed in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
?
?
Nirmal Shah Seni
490
OEMI0689
Ghulam Raza Khan
sitar player
Innovator of the Raazaakhaani-gat, a composition for string instruments like the sitar and sarod
?
?
363
OEMI0684
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Lahore
Kolkata
Umrao Khan
362
OEMI0951
Jodhe Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
0.177
?
?
Khurjaa
483
OEMI0166
Appukkutti Nattuvan
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a contemporary of Syaamaa Saastri （1762-1827）of the Karnnatik trinity
?
?
7172
OEMI0902
Jagannath Kumhar
singer
Folk singer,born in a family of folk artisites
folk
Mathia Gosain village,Raisen district,Madhya Pradesh
?
his father
450
OEMI0098
Amara Ranatunga
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
1939
0822
Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0411
Buddi Sani
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
?
?
?
?
Balwantrao Vaidya
203
OEMI0891
Jadhurama Devangan
Performer of Paandavani
1926
Madhya Pradesh
448
OEMI1174
Lal Rababi （Bhai）
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1920s
?
?
591
OEMI1537
Niranjan Kar
Singer of Paalaa keertan
1910
Deshpur, Kendrapada, Orissa
Duryodhan Panda
762
OEMI1869
Sanjida Khatun
singer
1933
0404
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sohrab Hussain, Mastan Gama, Munshi Raisuddin, Husna Bano Khanam
937
OEMI0273
Baldev Prasad Nayak
vocalist
Vocalist
?
Rajasthan
?
?
112
P00012
OEMI0176
Arunagiri Nathar
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
?
?
?
76
P00054
OEMI0267
Balamurali Krishna,M.
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
1930
07??
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
110
OEMI0885
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Jodhpu
?
?
445
P00931
OEMI1889
Sardarbai Karadgekar
vocalist
vocalist
1914
Karadge, Karnataka
Haidar Khan, Nivrutti-bua Sarnaik
949
OEMI1929
Sham Singh Adanshahi Mahant
Singer of sabad keertan in the Golden Temple of Amritsar for many decades
0.1803
?
?
964
P00025
OEMI0592
Domada Chittiabbayi
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for naagaswaram in 1995
1933
0801
Andhra
Pasupuleti Venkata Rao, Daliparti Pitchahari
300