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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OEMI1223
Mahadev Gokhale
vocalist
Believed to be the earliest proponent of khayaal in Maharashtra
khayaal
0.1819
?
Khol,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1901
?
?
Bapu-saheb Budhkar
618619
OEMI1051
Keshab Chandra Mitra
Reputed pakhaawaj player
0.1822
Bhavanipur, Kolkata
1901
?
Ram Chakravarty
540
OEMI0505
Chunnabai
vocalist
Vocalist
19
?
1901
Pune, Maharashtra
Bande Ali Khan
245
OEMI0356
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1863
0304
?
1901
0213
?
168169
OEMI0561
Divudu lyer
violinist
Violinist
Karur,Tiruchirapalli district,Tamil Nadu
1861
?
?
1901
?
?
280
OEMI0773
Haidar Ali Khan (Nawab)
rudra veena player,sursingaar player
Sursingaar and rudra veena player
1846
?
1901
?
Amir Khan, Bahadur Hussain Khan
398399
OEMI2210
Vishnudas Bhave
Father of the Marathi musical play
Marathi musical play
18191823
Sangli, Maharashtra
1901
0809
Sangli
1135
OEMI1010
Kanailal Dhendi
Reputed esraaj exponent
0.1861
?
Gaya
1901
?
Gaya
esraaj
Hanumandas Singh
513
OEMI1611
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
1845
?
1902
Thanjavur
Melattur Ganapati Sastrigal, Venkatasubbayyar (Manambuchavadi)
805
OEMI0075
Ali Bakhsh (Khyal)
writer
Writer of khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
khyaals, a form of folk opera of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
1864
?
Mandawar, in the former state of Alwar, Rajasthan
1902
?
Mandawar
3738
OEMI1499
Nasar Khan
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1829
?
Banda, Uttar Pradesh
1903
0801
?
Taj Khan Deredar
732
OEMI1711
Rajendra Narayan Ray
patron,
Feudatory patron of Bhawal in Bengal
1854
?
1903
?
865
OEMI1878
Sarabha Sasti
flautist
1872
Kumbhakonam
1904
Chennai
Natesa Pillai, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Manambuchavadi Venkatasubba Ayyar
944
OEMI2130
Tiruvottiyur(Kuppayyar)
veena player,vocalist,composer
Veena player,vocalist,and composer
1798
?
?
1904
?
Chennai
Tyaagaraaja
1085
OEMI2172
Vasudev Narayan Dongre
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1850
?
1905
?
1118
OEMI0513
Dag Dehalvi
Poet of ghazals and other literary forms, a junior contemporary oof Ghalib and Momin
1831
0525
Delhi
1905
0214
Hyderabad
250251
OEMI0136
Ananta Bharati
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
1845
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1905
?
58
OEMI2213
Vishnupant Chhatre
He was not known for any noticeable direct contribution to music
1840
Akalkhopar village in Jamkhindi state, Maharashtra
1905
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Haddu Khan (vocalist)
1136
OEMI1342
Mohammad Ali Khan (Jaipur)
originator
1825
Jaipur
1905
?
Mohammad Ali
677
OEMI1036
Kasim Ali
rabaab player
rabaab player
1827
Benares
1905
Bhawal,Bangladesh
524
OEMI1800
Raoji-bua Belbaugkar
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
?
1906
Pune
V.N. Bhatkhande
888
OEMI1125
Kudau Singh
renowned pakhaawaj exponent
1815
Banda
1907
Datia
Laalaa Bhavaani Prasaad
576
OEMI1179
Lalchand Boral
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1870
Kolkata
1907
?
592593
OEMI0438
Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1829
Vyasapara village, Darrang district, Assam
1907
Vyasapara
218
OEMI1654
Purushottam Dongre
Author of Marathi plays
1853
?
1908
?
831
OEMI0214
Azim Bakhsh
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
1857
probably Indore
1908
?
his uncle Ramzan Khan
90
OEMI2011
Sokar Bapuji Trilokekar
Late 19th-cent. author of Marathi musical plays
1836
Mumbai
1908
?
992
OEMI1368
Moroba Waghulikar
Pioneer singer-actor of the Marathi stage
?
1908
0120
?
686
P00091
OEMI1911
Sesha Iyer (Pallavi)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and composer of the poet-Tyaagaraaja period
Neykkarapatti, Salem district, Tamil Nadu
1908
?
961962
OEMI0584
Dilawar Khan
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Bengal
?
?
1909
?
Delhi
Delhi
Murad Khan
295
OEMI0789
Hamid Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra gharaanaa
1840
Agra
1909
Mysore
Agra
his maternal grandfather Nanhe Khan
401
OEMI0325
Bhachu Bhandare
Noted harmonium player
1878
Mumbai
1909
Mumbai
Vinayak-bua Thankurdas
145
OEMI0667
Ghagge Nazir Khan
vocalist
Well-known khayaal singer
khayaal
0.1845
Agra
1910
Agra
Mewaati gharaanaa
his father Wazir Khan, Haddu Khan
353354
OEMI0298
Banne Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
1835
1225
Nausahana Nangali, Punjab
1910
?
Hyderabad
120
OEMI1351
Mohammad Khan
sitar player
Surbahaar and sitar exponent
1845
1910
Kolkata
680
OEMI1705
Rajanikant Sen
composer
Reputed poet-composer of a type of Bengali songs, identified by his name as Kaanta-geeti
1865
Bhangabari, Pabna district (now Bangladesh)
1910
?
864
OEMI0881
Isak Salom Awaskar
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
1856
Awas village, near Mumbai
1910
Mumbai
445
OEMI1835
Sadiq Ali Khan
vocalist
vocalist, innovator of behalaavaa or lachaav-ki-thumrii
?
1910
Lucknow
Raje Khan
909
OEMI0276
Balkoba Natekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1855
?
?
1910
?
?
Wazir Khan Dhrupadiya
112
OEMI0397
Bishweshwar Bandyopadhyaya
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1833
Balagard, Hooghly district, Bengal
1911
Kolkata
195
OEMI1442
Nana-saheb Joglekar
Singer-actor of the Marathi stage
1875
0208
?
1911
1115
?
720
OEMI0123
Amrital Datta
A pioneer of the theatre variety of band-music in Bengal.
band-music
Bengal
1858
Kolkata
1912
Kolkata
52
OEMI0714
Gopal Gosai
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
1869
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
1912
?
372
OEMI0468
Chhote Khan
Well-known pakhaawaj player
1827
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
1912
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Kudau Singh
237
OEMI0702
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Celebrated Bengali playwright and early contributor to drama music in Bengal
1842
02??
Kolkata
1912
?
367
OEMI1048
Kesava Pillai,K.C
composer
composer,poet,scholar
1868
Kollam,Kerala
1913
0904
?
539540
OEMI0608
Dwijendralal Roy
composer
Well-knownpoet-composer
1863
Krishna Nagar, Bengal
1913
0517
Kolkata
307
OEMI0220
Babaji Rane
Playwright and singer-actor of Marathi drama
1874
Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra
1913
1122
?
92
OEMI0290
Balwantrao Sahasrabuddhe
Pioneer activist in music education
1851
?
Alibag,near Mumbai
1914
0922
Mumbai
116
OEMI0295
Baneswar Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1824
Assam
1914
Assam
118
OEMI2025
Sourindra Mohan Tagore
musicologist,patron
Reputed musicologist and patron
1840
?
Pathuriaghata,Kolkata
1914
0605
Kolkata
998999
OEMI0786
Hali
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
ghazals
1837
?
1914
0930
Panipat, Haryana
Mirza Ghalib
401
OEMI0230
Bachu Bawa
tabla player
Tabla player
?
1914
?
94
OEMI0182
Asadullah Khan
Reputed sarod player
1858
?
Kolkata
1915
?
Kolkata
7879
OEMI1317
Mehandi Hussain Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
1915
?
Gwalior
666
OEMI0947
Jnan Prasanna Mukherji
patron,
Music patron,scion of a fedual family of Gobardanga,Bengal
1860
?
1915
Kolkata
482
OEMI0832
Himendra Mohan Bose
A pioneer of commercial sound recording in India
1864
Jayasiddhi, Mymensingh district
1916
0828
Kolkata
424
OEMI1215
Madhav Patankar
writer, producer
Writer and producer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1862
?
?
1916
0203
Maharashtra
612
OEMI0101
Amarendra Nath Dutt
An early participant in the Indian sound recording industry and a theatre personality of Bengal.
1876
?
Kolkata
1916
0106
?
47
OEMI0534
Dattopant Hallyalkar
Singer-actor of Marathi stage
1875
0129
?
1916
0218
?
260
OEMI0734
Govind Ballal Deval
producer, author
Veteran producer of Marathi musical plays and author of legendary plays like Saarada and Samsaykallol
1855
1113
Haripur, near Sangli, Maharashtra
1916
06??
?
Anna-saheb Kirloskar
380
OEMI1238
Mahindranath Mukhopadhyaya
vocalist
dhrupad singer
dhrupad
1873
?
1918
?
622
OEMI1748
Ramanna
composer, performer
Veteran composer of jaavalis and performer of Harikathaa
jaavalis,Harikathaa
0.1855
Hullahalli village, Andhra
1918
Hullahalli
874
OEMI1852
Sakharam-pant Agale
pakhaawaj player
1858
Vaijapur, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra
1918
Satara, Maharashtra
Nana Panse
916
OEMI0383
Bindadin Maharaj
Eminent exponent of Kathak dance
0.1838
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
1918
Lucknow
Thakur Prasad
192
OEMI0416
Buniyad Hussain Khan
saarangi player
Distinguished saarangi player of Rampur durbar
Rampur
0.1835
?
Bareilly
1918
?
Rampur
Rampur durbar
205
OEMI0518
Damodar Nevalkar
writer
Writer of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1884
?
?
1919
?
?
253
OEMI1158
Lakshmanachariar
Sanskrit scholar and noted Harikathaa performer
?
1919
?
588589
OEMI0140
Anantarama Bhagavatar
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1867
1027
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
1919
?
58
OEMI1336
Miyajan Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1880
Patiala,Punjab
1919
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Kalu Khan
675
OEMI0869
Inayat Hussain Khan
vocalist
Eminent vocalist and founder of a prominent branch of the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
1849
?
1919
Benares
the Sahaswaan gharaanaa
his father , Bahadur Hussain
441
OEMI0030
Abraham Panditar
Scholar,music activist,and a pioneer of music conferences
1859
0802
Sambavar Vadakarai,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
1919
0831
?
Sadayandi Pattar and a local naagaswaram player(name not available)
15
OEMI0358
Bhav Singh(Maharaja)
patron,
Royal patron of Bhavnagar,a princely state of Gujarat
1875
0425
?
1919
0717
?
169
OEMI1718
Ram Ganesh Gadkari
author
Well-known author of Marathi musical plays
Marathi musical plays
1885
0526
Navsari, Gujarat
1919
0123
Mumbai
868
OEMI1029
Karim Khan
sitar player
sitar Player
1857
Jaipur
1919
?
519
OEMI1630
Pochi Srinivasa Iyengar
vocalist, composer
Veteran vocalist and composer
1860
?
1919
?
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
813
OEMI0563
Dhabakoti Ammal
vocalist
Vocalist
Tamil Nadu
?
?
1920
?
?
281
OEMI0338
Bhaiyya-saheb Joshi
vocalist
Exponent of the Gwalior vocal style
?
1920
Mumbai
Gwalior
his well-known father Vasudev-bua Joshi
154
OEMI1937
Shamsuddin Khan (Sitar)
sitar player
Sitar player of the Jaipur gharaanaa
Mumbai
19
?
1920
?
his father Amir Khan
965
OEMI0537
Daulat Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
?
?
1920
?
Mumbai
Natthu Khan Khandare
260
OEMI0050
Aghornath Chakraborti
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
?
Rajpur village of 24 Parganas,Bengal
1920
Benares
Murad Ali Khan, Daulat Khan, and Srijanbai
2324
OEMI1526
Nazir Khan(Mumbai)
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
Bijnor Moradabad district,Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
Mumbai
Bhendi Bazaar
Inayat Hussain Khan
755
OEMI1240
Mahmod Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
1920
probably Bhadvar,Rajasthan
622
OEMI0152
Anna-saheb Gharpure
sitar player,udra veena player
Rudra veena and sitar player
0.185
probably Pune district, Maharashtra
1920
Pune
Vinayakrao Limaye
65
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0337
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
thumrii
Rampur
1852
Gwalior
1920
Dhaulpur
Bande Ali Khan
153154
OEMI0680
Ghulam Haidar Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
Khurjaa
his father Ghulam Hussain Khan
361
OEMI0057
Ahmed Ali Khan
Distinguished sarod player
0.1875
?
Rampur
1920
?
Rampur
2728
OEMI0863
Imdad Hussain Khan
sitar player
Eminent sitar player
0.1848
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
1920
Indore
his father Sahabdad Hussain Khan
439440
OEMI0598
Dulichand (Seth)
patron,
Patron
0.185
Kolkata
1920
Kolkata
303
OEMI1074
Khudratullah Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Hyderabad, Andhra, during the reign of Nizam Mir Mehboob Ali Khan
Hyderabad, Andhra,
1830
Sikandarabad, Uttar Pradesh
1920
?
his father Rahmatullah Khan
554
OEMI1655
Purushottam Telang
vocalist
Vocalist
1852
Karwar taluka, Karnataka
1920
?
Tanras Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
831832
OEMI1058
Keshavrao Bhosale
singer-actor
Eminent singer-actor of the Marathi satge
Marathi satge
1890
0809
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1921
1004
?
541
OEMI0067
Akbar Allahabadi
Noted Urdu poet of grazals and such other forms
1864
1116
?
1921
0909
Allahabad
31
OEMI2043
Subramanya Bharathi
composer
Celebrated Tamil poet and composer of songs
1882
1211
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
1921
0912
?
1013
OEMI1694
Rahmat Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
vocalist
1850
Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh
1922
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
858859
OEMI0002
Abban Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist
Dhrupad
?
Saharanpur,Uttar Pradesh
1922
Saharanpur
Behnam Khan Dagar(c.1800-1887)
1
OEMI0347
Bhaskar-bua Bakhle
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer of Marathi stage music
Mumbai
1869
1017
Kathor, near Baroda
1922
0408
Pune
Well-known keertan singer, Vishnu-bua Pingle
162163
OEMI1352
Mohammad Khan(vocal)
vocalist?
vocalist?
1870
Agra
1922
Agra
Natthan Khan
680
OEMI0426
Chamman Khan-saheb
sursingaar player,patron,
Sursingaar exponent and patron of musicians
1878
Rampur
1922
Rampur
213