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
OEMI1923
Shahab Khan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Aurangabad town, Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh
?
Atraauli
his father （name not known）
963
P06273
OEMI2234
Wajid Hussain Khan
tabla player
Eminent tabla player
1918
?
Lucknow
Lucknow
His uncle Munne Khan and Abid Hussain Khan
1144
OEMI1848
Sajjad Mohammad Khan
surbahaar exponent
?
?
915
OEMI0241
Badi Maina
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Benares durbar
?
?
Benares
98
OEMI1220
Madhusudan Kan
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer(c.19th cent.) of Bengal
Bengal
?
?
?
?
616
OEMI0709
Gokulchandra Srichandan
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
?
?
371
P00008
OEMI0181
Asad Ali Khan(Vina)
Reputed contemporary performer of rudra veeba(or biin)
1937
?
Alwar,Rajasthan
78
OEMI0087
Allah Bandi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Rajasthan
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI0386
Bindu Bala
Singer-actress of the Bengali stage sometime during 1900-10
?
?
193
OEMI1457
Nanu-bhaiya Telang
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
?
?
Gwaalior gharaanaa?
Bala-saheb Guruji
724
OEMI1729
Rama Bharati （Panchanada）
Poet in the durbar of Maharaja Sahaajji II （r.1684-1712） of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
?
870
OEMI2239
Wazir Chand
sitar player
Sitar player.
?
?
?
?
Master Ratan of Punjab
1145
OEMI2067
Sundarabai of Benares
vocalist
She was vocalist of sawaal-jawaab, birhaa, and kajri songs in the 20th-century
Kolkata
?
?
1030
OEMI0137
Ananta Padmanabha Rao
veena player
Veena maestro of the durbar of the last Maharaja of Mysore
Mysore
58
P00229
OEMI2048
Sudharani Raghupathy
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Chennai
1944
0321
Pollachi,Tamil Nadu
V.S.Kaushik,U.S.Krishna Rao,Chandrabhaga Devi,and Kittappa Pillai
1021
P02258
OEMI0685
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
Singer of Sufiaanaa Kalaam of Kashmir
1940
Srinagar, Kashmir
his father Ramzan Joo, his uncle Mohammad Siddiq
362
OEMI1138
Kunju Nair (Vazhenkada)
Kathakali performer and guru
1925
0608
Vazhenkada village,Palakkad,Kerala
Koppan Nair(Kariyattil),Govinda Pisharodi(Kalluvazhi),Ravunni Menon(Pattikamthodi)
580
OEMI0395
Bishnu Priya Samantasinghar
vocalist
Vocalist, first woman artiste of All India Radio, Cuttack
Cuttack
1927
0205
Puri, Orissa
Singhari Shyam Sundar Kar
195
OEMI0489
Chinnayya Mudaliyar （Manali）
patron,
A patron and feudal landlord of Manali near Chennai
Manali near Chennai
?
?
241
OEMI0349
Bhaskarrao Khandeparkar
teacher
Veteran teacher of the 1930s and 1940s
?
?
Ganpatrao Pandit
163
OEMI0547
Dejendranath Bagchi
vocalist
Vocalist and disc-record singer
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
264
OEMI1104
Krishnadasa Badajana
Orissa poet of the 16th cent., author of Geeta Prakaasa, an Oriya treatise on music and dance
?
?
571
OEMI0300
Bannijan
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist, based in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
120
OEMI0465
Chhota Rani
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
?
?
236
OEMI0878
Indramohan Das
sitar player
Sitar-maker of late 19th cent
?
?
443444
P00222
OEMI1950
Sharada Sinha
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2000 for Bihari folk music
1953
Hulas, Bihar
Raghu Jha, Hari Dandekar, and Panna Devi
968
P02103
OEMI2074
Sunil Kothari
author
Well-known critic and author of books on dance and related topics
Kolkata
1933
1220
Mumbai
1031
OEMI1578
Pallikurike Somanatha
author
Telugu author
Telugu
?
?
785
OEMI0991
Kalipada Pathak
vocalist,
Vocalist of Bengali tappaa and tap khayaal
Bengali tappaa, tap khayaal
0.189
Howrah, Kolkata
?
Phani Shankar Mukherji, Ramzam Khan
505
OEMI1035
Kashinath Panda
Singer of the Oriya folk form daas kaathia
1929
Lathi,Berhampur,Prissa
524
OEMI2232
Wahid Khan(Rudra Vina)
musician
Noted musician of the Indore durbar
Indore
?
Agra
?
Indore
Bande Ali Khan
11431144
OEMI0175
Arunachala Sastri
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
?
?
?
?
76
OEMI0610
Ekambara Mudaliyar
Author of a noted Tamil operatic play
?
?
309
OEMI1121
Kshirabdi Sastri
composer
composer
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
?
Sivarama Yogi
574
P00210
OEMI1710
Rajiv Taranath
sarod player
Noted sarod player
1932
1017
Bangalore, Karnataka
865
OEMI0336
Bhaiyya-saheb Malvankar
vocalist, sitar player
Vocalist and sitar player of the 1930s
?
?
Shankarrao Pandit
153
OEMI1702
Rajagopala Pillai (Mannargudi)
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
863
OEMI1784
Ramzan Khan (Vocal)
vocalist
tappaa singer
tappaa
?
?
Imam Badi
885
P00184
OEMI1274
Mankombu Sivasankara Pillai
Well-known Kathakali artiste and teacher
1922
?
Mankombu,Alappuzha,district,Kerala
643
OEMI1110
Krishnarao Ashtewale
sitar player,patron,
sitar player and patron of Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain,Madhya Pradesh
1841
?
?
Raghumatharao
572
OEMI0811
Haricharan Das Swami
sitar player
Sitar olayer of 18th-cent. Bengal
Dhaka
?
?
412
OEMI0941
Jitendra Mohan Sengupta
Author
Kolkata
480
OEMI0552
Dev Kishor Sharma(Phurailatpam)
Senior teacher,music director,and ardent promoter
1921
0118
Imphai,Manipur
Maisnam Amubi,Konjeng Toyaima,Haobam Tomba,Huirem Lala,Sorokhaibam Paka,R.K. Akesana,and Chungkham Thambalangou
273
P00022
OEMI0544
Debu Chaudhuri
sitar player
Noted sitar player
Delhi
1935
?
Mymansingh,now in Bangladesh
Mustaq Ali Khan(sitar) and Sukhendu Goswami(vocal)
262
OEMI0642
Gajanan Varma
writer, performer
writer and performer
1926
?
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
325
OEMI0745
Govindprasad Gopaldas
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
?
?
382
OEMI0874
Incha Baras
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
442
OEMI1067
Khajurbai
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
?
?
543
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1355
Mohammad Reza
author
?
?
681
OEMI1689
Rahimanbai
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
Babu Ram Sahai
857858
OEMI1771
Ramkumar Basak
pakhaawaj player
?
?
881
OEMI1892
Saroja, M.K.
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
1931
Chennnai
951
OEMI1990
Singhanadeva
patron,
Royal patron of Devgiri, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra
?
?
982
OEMI2102
Talim Hussain
Shehnai player of 1900s
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
1055
OEMI2211
Vishnudas Nama
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
?
?
1135
OEMI1098
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Mumbai
?
?
569
OEMI0738
Govinda Dikshitar
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
?
?
380
OEMI1509
Natarajan,A.K.C.
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
?
?
?
?
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
739
OEMI1980
Shyamdas Mishra
vocalist
Vocalist
1948
0713
Mungher district, Bihar
Omkarnath Thakur and Balwantrai Bhatt
975
P00224
OEMI1993
Sisirkana Dhar Chowdhury
violinist
Noted violinist and teacher
1937
Shillong, Meghalaya
V.G. Jog
982
OEMI1247
Malbarao Sardesai
performer of the pot drum ghumat,author
1911
1231
Panaji,Goa
627
OEMI2078
Surchand Sharma, G.
Noted author and scholar of the Manipur cultural tradition
Manipur
1915
0210
Imphal
Amudon Sharma, Meiti Tomba Singh, Kshetritombi Devi （Manipuri dance）
10341035
OEMI1458
Narahari Chakravarti
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
?
?
725
OEMI1599
Parashuram-bua Barve
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
?
?
Vishnupant Chhatre
798
OEMI0100
Amaradeva,W.D.
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Sri Lanka
1927
1205
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
46
OEMI0764
Guruyacharyulu
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
392
OEMI0958
Jorawar Singh
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Gwalior
?
?
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
488
OEMI1227
Mahadkar,S.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1915
?
?
Ganpatrao Phadke,S.N. Ratanjankar and Mallikarjun Mansoor
619
OEMI1429
Nadira Begum
Singer
1948
0810
Joipurhat,Bogra,Bangladesh
Umed Ali Khan, Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Narayan Chandra Basak, and Nizamuddin Qavval.
713
OEMI1169
Lakshmiram Barua
composer
Early 20th cent. Assamese composer and author of Sangeetkos
?
?
591
P00055
OEMI0440
Chandrasekaran, M.
violinist
Noted violinist
1937
Kolkata
?
his mother Charubala Mohan
221
OEMI0419
Chaggan(Master)
Singer-actor of the 1900s.
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
208
OEMI0820
Hasir Khan
vocalist
Vocalist
18
?
?
the Qavvaal gharaanaa of Dalhi
418
OEMI1688
Rahim Khan
sitar player,rudra veena player
rudra veena and sitar player
?
?
Amritsen
857
OEMI0021
Abdulla Khan(Delhi)
vocalist
Eminent vocalist
Delhi
?
?
?
?
7
P00156
OEMI0875
Inder Lal Dhandra
saarangi player
Saarangi player
1930
Udaipur, Rajasthan
his father Bihari Lal
443
OEMI1954
Shaukat Ali Khan
rabaab player
Rabaab player of the Seni gharaanaa
1911
Gidhaur, Bihar
?
Seni
Mohammad Ali Khan, Raja Nawab Ali
969
P00113
OEMI0073
Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan
shehnai player
Noted shehnai player
Kolkata
1939
0321
?
37
OEMI0884
Ishtiyaq Hussain Khan
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Sahaswaan tradition
?
?
his father Mustaq Hussain Khan
445
OEMI1323
Mir Mehbob Ali Khan
patron,
Royal patron of the arts
?
?
671
OEMI0077
Ali Bakhsh Khan (Bihar)
rabaab player
Rabaab exponent of the Seni tradition
Gidhaur in Bihar
?
?
?
Seni
38
OEMI0846
Hussain Bakhsh （Kishangarh）
pakhaawaj player
Pakhaawaj player of the Jodhpur royal durbar from 1794 till 1834
?
?
436
OEMI0091
Allahdi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Delhi
?
?
?
?
42
OEMI1144
Kutub Bakhsh
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
582
OEMI2242
Wazirjan
vocalist,
vocalist of Beneres of the 1900s.
Beneres
?
?
?
?
1146
OEMI0003
Abbasuddin Ahmed
vocalist
Singer of folk music of North and East Bengal
folk music
Bengal
?
?
?
?
12
OEMI1982
Sidhar Khan Dhadi
tabla player
Founder of the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
976
OEMI1657
Purushottama Mishra
Scholar in the durbar of Gajapati Jagannaatha Naaraayanadeva, king of Paralkhemundi, southern Orissa
Orissa
?
?
832
OEMI1182
Lalit Chandranath Ojha
Singer of Manasaa-Ojaapaali and Deodhani dancer of Assam
1923
0211
Sipajhar, Darrang district, Assam
his father and Thanuram Kalita Ojha
594
OEMI0502
Chodia Imam Bakhsh
tabla player
Eminent 19th-cent. tabla player
?
?
The Fraukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Haji Vilayat Ali Khan
244
OEMI1129
Kumaraswami Bhaktar
vocalist
vocalist of the 1900s
Kanjeevaram,Tamil Nadu
?
?
578
OEMI1782
Ramu-bhaiyya Date
patron,
patron of Hindustani classical music
?
?
884
OEMI0168
Arabatta Navalar
Author of a Tamil work on dance titled Bharata Saastiram （c.18th cemt.）
?
?
72
OEMI0301
Banujan
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolhapur during roughly 1900-20
?
?
121
P00146
OEMI0631
Fida Hussain
Singer-actor of the Parsi Theatre
1899
?
Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
319
P00035
OEMI0763
Guruvayur Dorai
Mridangam player
1935
Guruvayur, Kerala
Palakkad Subba Iyer, Palani Subramania Pillai
392
OEMI1319
Mehndi Hassan
vocalist,composer
ghazal singer ,composer
ghazal
Jaipur
667
P02319
OEMI1952
Sharan Rani
Reputed sarod player
1929
0409
Delhi
Allauddin Khan and his son Ali Akber Khan
968
OEMI2079
Surdas
singer
Blind singer
0.1478
Sihi village, near Delhi
?
It is not known
1035