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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OEMI0907
Jagu Ojha
Singer-actor of Oriya yaatraa and suaang plays.
451
OEMI1241
Mahmuda Jan
vocalist
vocalist and disc-record singer
?
?
622
OEMI1557
Nrushingha Nath Khuntia
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher of Odissi music
Odissi music
1913
1009
Puri,Orissa
Bhimsen Pratihari,Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
768
OEMI2017
Somnath Das
vocalist,
Vocalist of Odissi music
1906
Puri, Orissa
?
993
OEMI1226
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
619
OEMI0400
Biswanath Sahai
tabla player
Tabla player of the Benares style
Benares, second half of the 19th cent.
?
Benares
Bhairav Sahai
197
OEMI0787
Hamid Ali Khan (Nawab)
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
?
?
401
OEMI1087
Kodandarama Ayyar
musician
Musician (18th cent.) of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
560
OEMI1022
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
?
?
516
OEMI0909
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Atraauli
452
OEMI0533
Dattibai
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
?
?
?
?
Mughlu Khan
259
OEMI0673
Ghasiram
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
356
OEMI0837
Hirabai II
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
?
?
Krishna Maharaj
431
P00107
OEMI1195
Lata Mangeshkar
singer
Celebrated film singer
film
1929
0928
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Dinanath Mangeshkar
603604
OEMI1377
Mujaddid Niazi
vocalist
Vocalist
1924
0224
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
?
Lucknow
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
691692
OEMI1593
Papajan
vocalist
vocalist
Hyderabad
?
?
795
P06507
OEMI1811
Ravi Shankar
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
1920
0407
Benares
895897
OEMI2008
Sohni Singh
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
1879
?
?
Kanailal Dhendi (esraaj), his father (khayaal)
991
OEMI2151
Urmila Singh
singer
Contemporary folk singer
folk
?
Radhesharan Singh
1104
OEMI2021
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
?
?
?
?
994
OEMI0369
Bhupen Hazarika
An eminent name in Assamese music.
1926
?
Sadia district,Assam
183184
OEMI1276
Manmathnath Ray
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI2093
Swamy Naidu, A.
actor, singer
actor, singer
?
?
1042
OEMI0848
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
?
?
436437
OEMI1734
Ramachandra Rao, S.K.
musicologist
Noted musicologist and scolar with achievements in several fields
1926
Karnataka
871
OEMI1483
Narayanaswami Iyer (Thanjavur)
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
729
P00211
OEMI1721
Ram Kailas Yadav
Singer of folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
1928
Lamabi village,Uttar Pradesh
Mahavir Yadav
868
OEMI0850
Hussainuddin Dagar
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
?
?
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
437
OEMI1324
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
qavvaali singer
?
?
671
OEMI2033
Sripada Pinakapani
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1913
0803
Priyagraharam village, Srikakulam district.Andhra
V.S.Lakshman Rao,Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu, and Rangaramanuja Iyengar
1009
OEMI0429
Chand Khan (Tabla)
tabla player
Tabla pioneer (mid-18th cent.)
?
?
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
214
OEMI1411
Muthukkumara Pulavar
composer
Tamil composer (19th cent.)
?
?
704
OEMI1167
Lakshminarayan Rajak
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
his father Chhotelal Rajak
591
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar (Baburao)
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI0434
Chandra Sakhi
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Balkrishna Swami
217
OEMI0784
Hakani Bakhsh
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Jodhpu
?
?
400
OEMI1006
Kamalam
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
?
?
?
?
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
508509
OEMI1204
Lionel Algama
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Sri Lank
1935
0324
Sri Lanka
607
OEMI1432
Nagaridev
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
1547
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1637
Prajnanananda (Swami)
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Vedaanta
Kolkata
1907
Prasadpur, Bengal
825
OEMI1909
Serfubai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Lucknow
?
?
961
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993
P02274
OEMI2260
Zakir Hussain
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent
1951
0309
Mumbai
his father, tabla maestro Allah Rakha Qureshi
11581159
OEMI1743
Ramananda Dvija
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
his father Raamadeva Aataa
873
OEMI2215
Vishwanath Ringe
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
1921
?
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
1137
OEMI0283
Baltazard, Solvyns
European painter,
Kolkata
1760
?
Antwerp,Belgium
?
?
115
OEMI1553
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
766
OEMI1574
Palakkad Raghu,R.
mridangam player
1928
Palakkad,Kerala
783
OEMI1872
Sankaran Embrantiri
vocalist
vocalist
1942
08??
Vellayyoor, Malappuram district, Kerala
G.P.Govinda Pisharoti
940
OEMI0448
Chatterji, M. N.
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
224
OEMI0834
Hira Bulbul
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Nepal
?
?
431
P00170
OEMI1092
Komik Khongjirem
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Meghalaya
?
?
566
OEMI1280
Manohar,S.S.
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1575
Palanivel,A.K.
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
1948
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
783
OEMI1759
Ramchandra Vaidya
Poet and performer of Marathi keertans
1871
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain
877
OEMI0972
Kachchi Sastri
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist (19th cent.)
?
?
493
OEMI0081
Alimulla Khan
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
39
P06002
OEMI2062
Sultan Khan
saarangi player
Veteran saarangi player
Mumbai
1941
Sikar, Rajasthan
Gulab Khan, Amir Khan
1029
OEMI0025
Abhilasha
Author of Sangeet Chandra
south India
?
?
?
10
OEMI0481
Chimman Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
?
?
Atraauli
239
OEMI1040
Kayam Khan
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
532
P01269
OEMI1501
Nasir Ahmad Khan
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1930
0105
Uttar Pradesh
Buddhu Khan, Mahaphuz Khan, Habib Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan
733
OEMI0855
Ilahijan
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
439
OEMI0063
Ajoy Bhattacharya
Noted lyricist of Bengali songs of the 1940s
?
?
?
?
2930
OEMI0782
Haidar Khan (Sahaswan)
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
Rampur
?
?
some elders
400
OEMI0044
Afzal Hussain
vocalist
Vocalist
1916
0801
Nagina,near Lucknow
Muhammad Hussain
23
OEMI0556
Devendranath Changkatti
vocalist
Vocalist
1890
?
Guwahati,Assam
?
?
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
275
P05933
OEMI1269
Manilal Nag
sitar player
Sitar player
1939
?
Bankura,West Bengal
Gokul Nag
640
OEMI1558
Nunnijan
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
?
?
768769
OEMI2057
Sukumar Ray
musicologist
Musicologist and author
1912
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hakim Mohammad Hussain and Gul Mohammad Khan
1028
OEMI0781
Haidar Khan (Saharanpur)
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
Imam Bakhash, brother Bairam Khan
400
P00186
OEMI1360
Mohan Chandra Barman
artiste of Bhaaonaa
1900
Kaihatti village,Assam
682
OEMI0960
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
18751900
Awas, near Mumbai
?
488
OEMI0036
Achyutappa Nayak
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
17
P00171
OEMI1105
Krishnan Kutty Nair (Kottakkal)
Kathakali performer
1928
Palakkad, Kerala
P.S. Varrier Natyasangham
571
P02206
OEMI1155
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
vocalist
Vocalist
1911
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
588
P02870
OEMI1012
Kanaka Srinivasan
Dancer and choreographer of Bharata Naatyam
1947
?
Chennnai
Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai
513514
OEMI0165
Appu Marar (Pallavor)
Performer of chendaa, edakka, and taayambakaa
1928
Thiruvanjikkulam, Kochi region, Kerala
his father Patturaikkal Sankara Marar, Adantha Kontha Swamy
71
OEMI1375
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
?
?
?
?
691
P00194
OEMI1596
Paramananda Borbayan
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
1936
Lahalial,Assam
797
OEMI0209
Ayyaval
composer
Composer of devotional songs
?
?
90
OEMI0385
Bindijan
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
toppaa
1828
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
193
OEMI1007
Kamalbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
?
?
?
509
P00179
OEMI1203
Lila Samson
Bharata Naatyam exponent
1951
?
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
606
OEMI1390
Munnibai
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1616
Pedda Dasari
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
807
P00098
OEMI1825
Rukmini, T.
violinist
violinist
1936
1127
Shimoga, Karnataka
R.R.Keshava Murthy
904905
P00225
OEMI2019
Sonal Mansingh
Eminent exponent of Odissi dance
1944
?
Mumbai
Kelucharan Mahapatra and Bharata Mylapore Gowri Amma
993
OEMI2152
Utpala Deva
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
?
?
1104
OEMI1034
Kashinath Pajapanda
vocalist,
vocalist of Odissi music
1921
0315
Puri,Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
524
P00231
OEMI2060
Suleman Juma Jumani
Veteran of folk music of Kutch, Gujarat
folk music
Kutch, Gujarat
1905
Kutch
his father Juma Jumani and Langa Bachhu Ustad
1029
OEMI1315
Mirabai Badkar
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1916
0713
Maharashtra
Kalyanibai and Anwar Hussain Khan and Khadim Hussain Khan
664
OEMI0055
Ahmad Khan(Lahore)
singer
An early singer for disc-records
?
?
?
?
?
27
OEMI0701
Girisa Ayyar (Vishalur)
vocalist
Vocalist, a contemporary of Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
?
?
367
P00181
OEMI1214
Madhabi Devi(Ningombam)
Performer and teacher of Manipuri dance and music
Imphal
1926
?
Kiyamegi village,Manipur
612
OEMI2039
Subbayyar Jhanjhamritam
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
?
1011
P00084
OEMI1792
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
veena player and teacher
1932
Poongulam, Tamil Nadu
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
887
OEMI0491
Chinni Krishna Dasa
composer
Composer (19th cent) of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
?
?
241
OEMI2106
Tarabai Welingkar
vocalist
Khayaal and thumrii singer of the 1930s
Khayaal,thumrii
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
Muraba Govekar and Ali Hussain
1065