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
P00377
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
1216
OEMI0189
82
1920
No
20
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
Vishnupur
P02120
Chathunni Panikkar （Kavungal）
OEMI0447
224
1922
No
20
Thichoor village, Thrissur district, Kerala,1922
Kathakali artiste
his granduncle Sankara Panikkar, K. M. Gopalan Nair
P05853
Gautam, M.R.
0319
OEMI0664
350
1924
No
20
Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Teacher, author, and vocalist
vocal music; Dilip Chandra Vedi, Vilayat Hussain Khan
P06309
Balwantrai Bhatt
?
OEMI0285
115
1921
No
20
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Omkarnath Thakur
P02665
Ashok Ranade
1025
OEMI0193
82
Mumbai
1937
No
20
?
musicologist,vocalist
Musicologist,author,and vocalist
P01784
Eknath Sarolkar
?
OEMI0613
311
?
No
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(mid-20th cent.)
Gwalior
P03011
Charu Sija Mathur
OEMI0446
224
1940
No
20
Delhi
Performer of Manipuri dance
R. K. Singhajit Singh
P02301
Dharmiklal Pandya
0811
OEMI0570
285
1932
No
20
Baroda,Gujarat
Noted exponent of Gujarati aakhyaan
his father Chunilal Govindram Pandya
P01441
Annavarupa Ramaswamy
OEMI0155
65
1926
No
20
Somavarappadu, Andhra Pradesh
violinist
Violinist of the Karnatik style
Maganti Jagannatha Chowdary, Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
P00152
Hare Krishna Behera
OEMI0798
410
1938
No
20
Balasore area, Orissa
Exponent of dance and dance music
P02426
Balakrishna Sastrigal,T.S.
0818
OEMI0266
110
1918
No
20
Chennnai
Harikathaa performer
P01280
Govind Narayan Natu
0514
OEMI0735
380
1905
No
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Veteran teacher of vocal music at Bhatkhande College of Music, Lucknow
V.N.Bhatkhande, Raja-bhaiya Poonchwale
P02378
Agat A.Sangma
?
OEMI0048
23
1945
No
20
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Abdul Salam
?
OEMI0017
6
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer,a contemporary of the famous Kazi Nazrul Islam(b.1899)
Ahmad Khan
?
OEMI0054
27
?
?
18
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of llate 18th cent.,
P05793
Imrat Khan
OEMI0866
440
1936
20
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted exponent of sitar and surbahaar
his maternal grandfather Bande Hassan Khan, maternal uncle Sinde Hassan Khan, his father's brother Wahid Khan
Rais Khan
1125
OEMI1695
860
1939
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
sitar player
sitar player
Mohammad Khan
Chhajju Khan
OEMI0457
230
19
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
Muzaffar Khan
OEMI1421
706707
1858
19
Delhi
?
vocalist
vocalist
Maste Khan
Sulaiman
OEMI2059
1029
Lucknow
?
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and tappaa singer of Lucknow
Rajab Ali Khan
khayaal
Ambika Charan Guha
?
OEMI0107
48
?
19
?
?
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
Mirich Khan
OEMI1327
672
1832
19
?
Tonk, Rajasthan
saarangi player
saarangi player
Haidar Bakhsh
Fazue Lal Pandit
?
OEMI0627
319
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Sundarabai of Surat
OEMI2066
1030
20
?
?
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
?
OEMI1393
696
?
19
?
?
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
?
OEMI0095
45
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Qavvaal-bachhe
P00125
Asgaribai
08??
OEMI0184
81
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
20
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Zahur Khan
Lal Khan Sani
OEMI1173
591
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzab
Naval Sakhi
?
OEMI1518
749750
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
Performer of devotional dances
Zahur Khan （Khayal）
OEMI2255
1157
17805
18-?
?
?
He belonged to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
P00121
Appa Jalgaonkar
OEMI0162
71
1926
20
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
Siddiqi Manganiar
OEMI1986
976
1939
20
Jamphli, West Rajasthan
singer
Folk singer
family elders
folk
Sunderlal Gangani
OEMI2073
1031
?
Kathak dancer and teacher
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
OEMI1451
723
?
?
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
?
OEMI0538
261
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior Khayaal
P00053
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
OEMI1187
600
Mumbai
1919
20
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Maharajapuram Santhanam
0520
OEMI1231
620
1928
20
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
Lalchand Yamla Jat
OEMI1180
593
1919
20
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
Ajoy Sinha Roy
1201
OEMI0065
30
Kolkata
1920
20
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Asghar Ali
?
OEMI0186
81
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Gangadhar
OEMI0654
332
?
?
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
P00153
Hari Uppal
OEMI0807
411
1926
20
Patna, Bihar
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
P00160
Jani-miya
OEMI0919
462
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
P00185
Minati Mishra
OEMI1322
671
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
Odissi danseuse and teacher
P00190
Nokot Khriam
OEMI1550
766
1944
20
Nongblai,Meghalaya
Maker of musical instruments
P05966
Ramani, N.
OEMI1746
874
1934
20
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
Reputed flute player
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
Siddheshwar Sen
OEMI1984
976
Malwa, Rajasthan
20
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Radha Kishan Guru
Zebanjan
OEMI2263
1160
Jhajjar, near Delhi
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
?
OEMI0086
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
Radheshyam Sandilya
OEMI1673
843
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
P00094
Shivkumar Sharma
0113
OEMI1966
972973
Mumbai
1938
20
Jammu
Eminent santoor player
Kashmir Valley
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
OEMI0498
243
?
?
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
P00070
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
1220
OEMI1502
733
1924
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
dhrupad
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
0402
OEMI1153
586587
1921
20
Imphal, Manipur
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
a few teacher
Chintamani Mishra
OEMI0492
241
19
?
?
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
no raliable information
P00169
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
0513
OEMI1086
560
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
20
Kerala
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
?
OEMI2247
1153
?
19
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
Bharata Chodamani
OEMI0344
158
?
?
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
Lala Bhavanidas
OEMI1176
592
16
?
?
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Shankarlal Hiralal
OEMI1944
966
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
0604
OEMI0441
221
1915
20
Mysore city,
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
P00212
Ramkumar Chatterji
OEMI1772
881
1920
20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rajendralal Chatterji, Zamiruddin Khan
P00155
Himant Kumar Jamatia
OEMI0830
423
1954
20
Trishabari, Tripura
Singer of folk and tribal music of Tripura
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
OEMI1489
730
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Krishnarao Pandit
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Chammubai
OEMI0427
214
Delhi
?
?
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
Devenacharya
?
OEMI0554
275
?
?
?
Author
Jagadekamalla
OEMI0899
449
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
Kagalkar, V.A.
0604
OEMI0978
497
1902
20
Karnataka
vocalist
Vocalist
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
Mohanlal
OEMI1364
683
?
?
singer-actor
Rajaram, S.
OEMI1707
864
1925
20
Mysore, Karnataka
teacher, composer
Teacher and composer
Tijanbai
0424
OEMI2115
1070
Bhilai
1954
20
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
Performer of Paandavani
Qutub-ud-Daula
?
OEMI2225
838839
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
Imamuddin Dagar
OEMI0862
439
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Narasayya （Padala）
OEMI1459
725
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
?
OEMI1387
695
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Manada Sundari
?
OEMI1256
634
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishwanath Rao
Shyam Kumbhar
OEMI1977
975
0.1466
15
?
?
Pakhaawaj player of the Vrindavan region, Uttar Pradesh
Vaikunta Sastri
OEMI2159
1108
18-19
?
?
composer
composer
Mahadeva Annavi
?
OEMI1225
619
?
?
?
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
P00087
Janakiraman,S.R.
0712
OEMI0916
461
1928
20
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Gaisberg,F.W.
?
OEMI0641
324
1872
?
19
?
?
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
P00235
Swapan Chaudhuri
OEMI2094
1044
1947
20
Kolkata
tabla player
tabla exponent
Afruddin Khan
?
OEMI0042
23
?
?
?
Qavvaali singer
Juma Khan
OEMI0965
490
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player employed in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
Nirmal Shah Seni
Ghulam Raza Khan
OEMI0689
363
?
?
sitar player
Innovator of the Raazaakhaani-gat, a composition for string instruments like the sitar and sarod
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
OEMI0684
362
20
Lahore
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Umrao Khan
Jodhe Khan
OEMI0951
483
0.177
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Appukkutti Nattuvan
OEMI0166
7172
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a contemporary of Syaamaa Saastri （1762-1827）of the Karnnatik trinity
Jagannath Kumhar
OEMI0902
450
Mathia Gosain village,Raisen district,Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Folk singer,born in a family of folk artisites
his father
folk
Amara Ranatunga
0822
OEMI0098
46
?
1939
20
Sri Lanka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Buddi Sani
?
OEMI0411
203
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
Jadhurama Devangan
OEMI0891
448
1926
20
Madhya Pradesh
Performer of Paandavani
Lal Rababi （Bhai）
OEMI1174
591
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1920s
Niranjan Kar
OEMI1537
762
1910
20
Deshpur, Kendrapada, Orissa
Singer of Paalaa keertan
Duryodhan Panda
Sanjida Khatun
0404
OEMI1869
937
1933
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
singer
Sohrab Hussain, Mastan Gama, Munshi Raisuddin, Husna Bano Khanam
Baldev Prasad Nayak
?
OEMI0273
112
?
Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Vocalist
P00012
Arunagiri Nathar
?
OEMI0176
76
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
15
?
?
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent

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