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
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
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
Gul Bardhan
OEMI0752
386
1928
20
Mumbai
Dancer of Manipuri, Chhaau, and some regional folk dances of Rajasthan and Gujarat
Shanti Bardhan, Maisnam Amubi Singh
Musharraf Khan
?
OEMI1401
699
Jaipur Rajasthan
?
19
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player(19th cent.)
Bade Rajab Ali Khan
Bande Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0294
117
Baroda
1906
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Faiyaz Khan
khayaal
Kiwal Kishan
OEMI1061
542
18
?
?
Pakhaawaj pioneer of the early 18th cent.
probably Jaawali gharaanaa
Ajan Fakir (Shah Milan)
?
OEMI0061
29
?
17
?
Saraguri
composer
Seventeeth-century Assamese composer of Jilirs
Khan Khanan Bairam Khan
OEMI1068
546547
?
?
singer,patron,
Afghan nobleman of Delhi who was very fond of music and patronized a singer called Raamdaas
Isak Sadiq Chordekar
OEMI0880
444445
Mumbai
Mumbai
An early writer of Marathi keertan-aakhyaans based on Bene-Israeli religious themes
Poluri Govinda Kavi
OEMI1629
813
?
?
Author of Raaga Taala Chintaamani
Ali Bakhsh I
?
OEMI0074
37
Hyderabad
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Annu Akhtar
OEMI0156
66
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a pupil of Kale Khan of the Agra gharaanaa
Agra
Bhanumathi, K.
12??
OEMI0342
157
1922
20
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam danseuse
Papanasam Vadivelu Pillai, Mylapore Gowri Amma
Ghulam Ali
OEMI0677
360
Pakistan
1940
20
Kaleke village, Sialkot district
Well-known ghazal singer
his father, Ghulam Ali Khan, his brothers Barqat Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan
Kasinatha Kavi
OEMI1037
525
?
?
composer
Composer
Rajab Ali Khan (Bade)
OEMI1700
862863
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Sahaji-saheb
Ramsahai Pande
OEMI1778
884
Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
?
Contemporary performer of folk dances
P00111
Abhay Narayan Mallick
?
OEMI0024
9
1937
20
Amta,Bihar
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Radharani Mohapatra
0406
OEMI1671
843
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
vocalist
Odissi vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar,Balakrishna Dash,Dhiren Das,Khitish Maitra
Odissi
Chokkanatha Naik
OEMI0501
244
18
?
?
Ruler （r.1701-31） of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Raghunatha Nayak
OEMI1683
857
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Padmanabhan Nair(Kalamandalam)
OEMI1566
780
1925
20
Kuruvattur,Palakkad district,Kerala
Kathakali artiste,teacher
Ravunni Menon(Pattikkamthodi)
Kathakali
Jagannatha Bhutgoswami
OEMI0903
450
Mayuuri veena player of Thanjavur,Tamli Nadu
Bindhyabasini Devi
1102
OEMI0384
193
1912
20
Vishnupur, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist and teacher
Surendranath Banerji
P00195
Pithukuli Murugadas
OEMI1627
812
1920
20
Coimbatore, Taml Nadu
Singer of south Indian bhajans
Brahmananda Paradesi
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
?
OEMI0038
21
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
Zahur Khan （Sikandarabad）
OEMI2257
1158
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Imam Khan, Mehboob Khan and Natthan Khan
P00166
Keshav Lakshman Badge
OEMI1053
540
1941
20
Pune, Maharashtra
Well-known performer of gondhal a folk play of Maharashtra
Fani Bala
?
OEMI0621
317
Kolkata
?
?
?
Singer-actress
Gopal Oriya
OEMI0718
374
19
?
?
Nineteenth-century author of jaatraa folk plays
jaatraa folk plays
Imam Bakhsh
OEMI0859
439
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during 1830-62
Shafikul Hassan
OEMI1919
963
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist of the 1950s
Ata Hussain Khan, Khadim Hussain Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan
Purushottamadas Pakhawaji
OEMI1658
832
Nathadwara
0.1907
20
Nathadwara
?
pakhaawaj player
Veteran pakhaawaj player of the Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Nathadwara temple tradition of Rajasthan
Goswami Govindlalji
Masilamani Mudaliyar
?
OEMI1292
655
Chennnai
?
19
?
?
violinist
Reputed Chennnai-based violinist of the late 19th cent.
Imam Khan （Vocal）
OEMI0861
439
Khurjaa, Uttar Pradesh
Khurjaa
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent）
the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Shahab Khan
Ranga Rao, V.A.K.
OEMI1789
886
1930
20
Chennai
discographer,collector,columnist,music and dance historian
Vinayak-bua Thakurdas
OEMI2206
1130
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and performer of Marathi keertan
Anantadas Goswami
OEMI0138
58
1790
18-19
Birbhum, West Bengal
?
composer
Singer and composer of baul songs and a highly esteemed baul guru
baul songs
Pattabhiramayya （Tirupanandal）
OEMI1612
805
0.1863
19
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
P00131
Balasubrahmanya Sarma,M.S.
?
OEMI0270
111
1929
20
Rajahmundry,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
G.paidiswami
Prasunkumar Banerji
0815
OEMI1640
826
Kolkata
1926
20
?
vocalist, teacher
Teacher and vocalist
Jamini Ganguly, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Jnan Prakash Ghosh
Upanishad Brahma Yogi
OEMI2150
1103
Sri Lanka
18
?
?
musician
Musician-philosopher
Vaasudevendra
P00026
Doreswamt Iyengar, V.
OEMI0595
300
Mysore
1920
20
Mysore
veena player
Well-known veena player of Mysore
his father, Venkatesa Iyengar
Vrindavan Devacharya
?
OEMI2227
11401141
?
18
?
?
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
Chhotibibi
OEMI0473
237
Lucknow
19
?
?
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow durbar
Fakruddin
?
OEMI0620
316317
Rahasthan
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Hassan Imam
0701
OEMI0822
418
1958
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dancer and teacher
G.A. Mannan
Kempegauda
OEMI1045
538
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Mangi Singh,L.
?
OEMI1261
639
1929
20
Imphal,Manipur
sitar player
Sitar player
Chandam Tarakanta Singh
Radhabai
OEMI1668
842
?
?
singer-actress
Ramaratnam, V.
OEMI1750
874875
1917
20
Chittor, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist, teacher, author
Vocalist, teacher, and author
D. Subbaramayya, Palghat Someswara Bhagavator, Mysore Vasudevacher, T. Chowdiah
Rekibuddin Ahmed
OEMI1815
899
1940
20
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
Ramizuddin Ahmed
Sarangadeva
OEMI1882
944945
13
?
?
musicologist
musicologist, author
Shankar Vaze
OEMI1942
966
?
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Vema Bhopala
OEMI2180
11201121
?
?
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
Narayan Behera
1214
OEMI1462
726
1917
20
Ganjam, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
Surya Narayan Shastri, Venkataswami Naidu
Lakpati Singh Leimapokapam
0812
OEMI1154
587
1953
20
Imphal, Manipur
Singer of Manipuri nata sankeertana songs
his father Herachandra Singh, and mother Ibemhal Devi, Birahari Singh, Tolpishak Singh, Chaoba Singh, Gulapi Singh
Durgavara Kayastha
OEMI0602
305
16
?
?
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent. Assam
Jankibai(Udaipur)
OEMI0921
463
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
Sahaji Maharaja
OEMI1844
911
Thanjavur
17-18
?
?
musician
musician-king of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1680-1712.
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
OEMI1136
579
?
?
performer of svarabat
Kesavayyar （Polagam）
OEMI1050
540
20
?
?
violinist
Noted violinist of the early 20th cent.
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
OEMI1470
727
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
Damodar Pandit
?
OEMI0519
253
?
13
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and poet(13th cent.)
Naagdevaachaarya
Lebdev,G.S.
?
OEMI1201
606
?
?
?
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
P00205
Mayadhar Raut
OEMI2274
660
1933
20
Kantapahara, near Banki, Orissa
Noted teacher of Odissi dance
Mohan Mahapatra, Yudhishtira Mahapatra, Mohan Sunderdev Goswami, and Pankaj Charan Das
Odissi dance
P00126
Ashraf Khan
?
OEMI0194
83
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre of Mumbai
Fazal Hussain Khan
?
OEMI0626
319
Lahore
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore of the early 1900s
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
0303
OEMI0686
362
1931
20
Badayun, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Fida Hussain Khan, Nissar Hussain Khan, K.C. Brahaspati
Ghulam Ghaus Khan
OEMI0679
361
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer of Atraululi, Uttar Pradesh, of the early 19th cent.
dhrupad
Bhajan Khan
OEMI0339
155
Jodhpur
19
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jodhpur durbar during 1845-61
Jodhpur durbar
Imam Khan
OEMI0860
439
19
?
?
dholak player
Noted dholak player of the mid-19th cent.
Shad Khan
OEMI1916
962963
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra
Azad Rahman
OEMI0210
90
Bangladesh
1944
20
Burdwan, West Bengal
composer
Singer and music composer
Khurshaidjan
OEMI1075
555
Kanpur
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
P00043
Kalpakam Swaminathan
0815
OEMI0994
506
Chennai
1922
20
Sethalapati village, Tamil Nadu
veena player,
Veena player, based in Chennai
his mother, and A. Anantha Krishna Iyer, T.L. Venkatarama Iyer, and a few others
Priyambada Mohanty
OEMI1647
827828
1939
20
Cuttack, Orissa
Noted odissi danseuse
Banbihari Maity, Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar, Pankaj Charan Das, Kelucharan Mahapatra, Debaprasad Das
Alla Rakhi
?
OEMI0083
39
?
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
P00123
Arghya Sen
?
OEMI0169
73
1935
20
Faridpur,Bangladesh
Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Debabrata Biswas,Kamal Kumar Dasgupta,and Dilip Kamal Roy
Rabindra Sangeet
Bhatt, K.H.
OEMI0353
168
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Kitijan
OEMI1043
537
?
?
vocalist
ghazal singer
ghazal
P00081
Ram Narayan
1225
OEMI1724
869
Mumbai
1927
20
Udaipur
saarangi player
Eminent saarangi player
his father Nathuji Biawat, Uday Lal
Seshadri Gawai, R.V.
OEMI1912
962
1924
20
Davangere, Chitradurga district, Karnataka
vocalist, harmonium player
Vocalist and harmonium player
Kalkote Channabasavayya, Panchakshari Gawai, Puttaraji Gawai
Tulaja the Second
OEMI2138
1095
about 18
?
?
Maratha king of Thanjavur （r.1763-87）
Ghulam Mohammad （Sarangi）
OEMI0682
361
?
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the period of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Ram Sarop Sharma
OEMI1727
870
?
?
Singer-actor of Raas-leelaa and Swang, both these being folk theatres of Uttar Pradesh
Bhai Uttam Singh Hakim
OEMI0333
149
Amritsar, Punjab
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Nataraja Rama Krishna
?
OEMI1507
739
1933
20
Bali Island, Indonesia
Noted performer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam and Kuuchipuudi
Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai (Pandanallur),Rajamma(Nayudupeta), Lakshmi Narayana Sastri(Vedantam).and Satyabhama(Pendyala)

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