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
P00150
OEMI0731
Gopi （Kalamandalam）
Kathakali exponent and guru
1937
Kothachira village, Palakkad district, Kerala
376
OEMI1731
Rama Poduval N.P.
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Alanalloor, Kerala
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
870871
OEMI0278
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
?
?
?
?
112113
OEMI0482
Chinna Pakkiri
Celebrated naagasrwaram player of early 20th cent.
?
?
240
OEMI0703
Giriyappagaru
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
?
?
368
OEMI1290
Marris,W.S.
Governor of the United Provinces in the 1920s in British India
?
?
?
?
652
OEMI1625
Pitambara Dvija
Singer and poet of Assam
?
?
812
OEMI2032
Srinivasulu
composer
Composer
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI1860
Samina Choudhuri
singer
1966
0824
Khulna, Bangladesh
923
OEMI1126
Kulatillake,C.de S.
musicologist
musicologist
1926
1214
Ambalangoda,Sri Lanka
577578
OEMI1197
Latif Khan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the Agra tradition
1875
?
Agra Uttar Pradesh
Agra
Pyar Khan
604
P00699
OEMI0690
Ghulam Sabir Khan
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player
Moradabad
?
his father Hussain Bakhsh
363
OEMI1301
Maujuddin Khan
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
?
?
?
?
658659
OEMI2076
Suraj Khan
vocalist
Sixteenth-century vocalist
?
?
1034
P00692
OEMI0681
Ghulam Hussain Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
?
?
Khurjaa gharaanaa
his father Imam Khan
361
OEMI1259
Mangal Khan
sitar player
Sitar player
?
?
?
?
638
P00204
OEMI2272
Maman Khan
Recipient of the Central Sangeeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for folk music of Haryana
folk music of Haryana
1945
Hissar, Haryana
his grandfather Peer Mauj Khan and father Munshi Khan
633
P00220
OEMI1936
Shamim Ahmad Khan
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
1938
Baroda
the Agra sharaanaa
maestro Ravi Shankar
965
OEMI0099
Amara Simha
patron,
Patron and playwright
?
?
?
?
?
46
OEMI0179
Asad Ali Khan(Agra)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Agra
his family
78
OEMI0915
Janaki Ballabh Mohanty
Oriya literatteur whose works include collections of lyrical poetry and songs
1925
0614
Puridistrict,Orissa
461
OEMI0051
Ahmad Bakhsh
vocalist
Vocalist
Jodhpur
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0591
Dodda Subba Rao
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV （r.1895-1940）
Mysore
?
?
299300
OEMI0950
Jodh Singh
Eminent 19th-cent. pakhaawaj player
?
?
his father Tikaram
483
OEMI0974
Kader Bakhsh （Pakhawaj）
Scion of an early （18th cent.） pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Laalaa Bhavaanidaas
494
OEMI1306
Maya Lambo(Bhai)
vocalist, sabad keertan
Vocalist and leader of a group of sabad keertan singers
?
?
?
?
660
OEMI1619
Perumalayya （Mahipalai）
veena player,composer
Veena player and composer in the durbar of Thanjavur king Sarabhoji I （r.1712-28）
?
?
Kalahastayya（veena）
808
P02635
OEMI0983
Kalanidhi Narayanan
Bharata Naatyam teacher and danseuse
1927
Tamil Nadu
Mylapore Gowri Amma, Kanchipuram Kannappa Pillai, Chinnayya Naidu
500
OEMI1568
Padmavati Gokhale (Shaligram)
vocalist
vocalist
Mumbai
1929
Kolhapur,Maharashtra
Govindrao Shaligram,a pupil of Alladiya Khan
780
OEMI1302
Maula Bakhsh(Sarangi)
father of Allam Khan and Mohammad Khan
Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
659
OEMI0761
Gurumurti Sastri （Paidala）
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer
?
?
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
392
OEMI1065
Khagendranath Das
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
0908
Bilortarihat, Barpeta, Assam
his father Golok Chandra Das, paternal uncle Motilal Das, Bhatkhande College
543
OEMI1841
Sagolshem Kalidaman Singh
vocalist
vocalist
20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Y.Kartik Singh, Rajkumar Suryaboro Sana
911
P00136
OEMI0391
Birju Maharaj
Eminent Kathak dancer and guru of the Lucknow Kathak tradition
Delhi
1937
0204
Lucknow
Lachhu Maharaj
194
OEMI0704
Godavari
vocalist,
Vocalist and prolific disc-record artiste of 1900-10, in Telugu and Tamil
?
?
370
OEMI1207
Lokanath Ratha
vocalist
Noted Odissi vocalist
Odissi
1919
0901
Balisahi,Puri,Orissa
608
OEMI1431
Nagaridas
Devotional poet of Vrindavan
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1843
Sahachari Sukh
composer
composer
?
?
911
OEMI2028
Srikantha
Author
Kathiawad(now in Gujarat)
?
?
?
?
1008
OEMI2155
Vadiraja
author of dance-dramas and songs
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
1107
OEMI1600
Parasu Sekh Ojha
singer.dancer
Marai village,Darrang district.Assam
?
798
OEMI0115
Amir Khan Gulab Sagar
Jaltarang player in the Baroda state Indian orchestra.
?
?
?
?
50
OEMI2082
Surendranath Mazumdar
vocalist
Vocalist （dhrupads and tap-khayaals） of Kolkata, a contemporary of Dwijendralal Roy （1863-1913）
khayaal,dhrupad
?
?
1036
OEMI1735
Ramachandra Sastri, H.
Noted flautist of the Karnatik style, and teacher
1906
1118
Thanjavur region, Tamil Nadu
maestro Palladam Sanjeeva Rao
871
P00228
OEMI2046
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
1926
?
Seraikella,Bihar
1021
OEMI0987
Kale Khan （Lahore）
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
?
?
503
OEMI1510
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
?
?
?
?
740
OEMI2203
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
18
?
?
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
1128
OEMI0871
Inayat Khan （Author）
Author
?
?
442
OEMI0743
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
Pioneer of taana-varnams
?
?
381382
P00114
OEMI0072
Alarmel Valli
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
1956
?
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
36
OEMI0231
Bachubai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
94
OEMI0461
Chhedilal
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
?
?
235
P00026
OEMI0596
Doreswamy, R.N.
Noted veena player and teacher
1916
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
300301
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487
P00165
OEMI1011
Kanak Rele
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
1937
?
Mumbai
513
OEMI1452
Nanhibai
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
723
OEMI1662
Putturaj Gawai
vocalist
vocalist
1914
Dharwar district,Karnataka
Panchakshari Gawai
834
OEMI1935
Shamim
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lucknow
?
?
964965
P00095
OEMI2044
Suchitra Mitra
vocalist
vocalist
1924
?
Kolkata
Devi Choudhurani,Pankaj Mullick,Shantidev Ghosh
1013
OEMI2164
Vansiali
poet
?
?
1114
OEMI1903
Sawai Ram Singh
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Jaipur
?
?
958
OEMI1862
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
1925
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
923924
OEMI2121
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
Manipuri dance exponent
1930
0717
Imphal,Manipur
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
1072
OEMI1123
Kshirod Prasad
playwright
Bengal
?
?
575
OEMI1328
Mirza Ghalib
poet
?
?
672
OEMI1628
Pohre-bua
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
812813
OEMI2038
Subbanna(Mugur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
Andalanuru Subbayya
1011
OEMI1939
Shankar Abhyankar
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Mumbai
1934
0519
Satara, Maharashtra
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
965966
P00183
OEMI1266
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
Mridangam player
1945
?
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
639340
OEMI1278
Manohar Chimote
Well-known harmonium player
Mumbai
1929
03??
Nagpur,Maharashtra
Bhishmadev Vedi,Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale,and Amir Hussain Khan
643
P00001
OEMI0009
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
sitar player
sitar player
1929
0218
Jawara,Madhya Pradesh
3
OEMI0412
Bughara Khan
tabla player
Noted tabla exponent
?
?
?
?
Delhi
204
OEMI1337
Modu Khan
tabla player
Tabla player
?
?
676
OEMI0678
Ghulam Ali Khan
sarod player
A sarod pioneer of the 19th-cent.
?
?
360361
OEMI1854
Salem Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
Agra gharaanaa
917
OEMI2086
Surujbai Khande
singer
Contemporary singer of folk songs of Madhya Pradesh. Particulary bharthari, dholaa maaru, chandaini, alha, and Raam kissaa songs
folk songs of Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
?
Family, Jawaharlal Baghel and Pritam Pahadi
10381039
OEMI0892
Jadumani Dasi
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolkata
Kolkata
448
OEMI2116
Tej Khan
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
?
?
?
?
1070
P00137
OEMI0393
Bishan Dass Sharma
Maker of musical instruments
Delhi
1929
Lahore
his father Rikhi Ram Sharma
195
OEMI0052
Ahmad Faraz
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Peshawar,Pakistan, and London
1931
1212
Noushera,Pakistan
27
OEMI0981
Kalahasti Ayya
veena player
Eminent veena exponent of the durbar of King TulajaII of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
500
OEMI1350
Mohammad Jan
saarangi player
saarangi player
?
?
Fida Hussain
680
OEMI1621
Phul Mohammad
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1926
12??
Baharampur, Murshidabad district, Bangladesh
his father and Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Kader Baksh, Ram Govind Pathak, Mehdi Hussain Khan （of Rampur）, Girija Shankar Chakravarti
809
P06258
OEMI1522
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
1956
0428
Mumbai
753754
OEMI1672
Radheshyam Kathavachak
writer
writer of Hindi musical plays
Hindi musical plays
1890
1225
Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh
?
843
OEMI1370
Mrinalini Sarabhai
dancer,choreographer
1928
0507
Chennai
689
OEMI1543
Nitai Charan Sinha
vocalist
Vocalist
1916
02??
Cuttack, Orissa
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
764
P00237
OEMI1747
Ramankutty Nair （Kalamandalam）
Kathakali performer and guru
1925
Palakkad district, Kerala
Ravunni Menon
874
OEMI0687
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
362
OEMI1742
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
1921
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
873
OEMI0340
Bhaktabatsala Patra
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
1930
0919
Ganjam, Orissa
Byachanna Narasingham
155
OEMI0778
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
?
?
400
OEMI1465
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
?
726
OEMI2254
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
0.174
?
Atrauli
?
?
1157
P00226
OEMI2020
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
1928
0103
Sikkim
993
OEMI0131
Anandadasa
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
56
OEMI0408
Brhat Kasyapa
Quoted as an author
?
?
?
?
201
P00144
OEMI0579
Dhruba Ghosh
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
1957
1025
Mumbai
Delhi
290
P00033
OEMI0715
Gopal Krishna
Noted vichitra veena player
Delhi
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
372