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
Surujbai Khande
OEMI2086
10381039
Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Contemporary singer of folk songs of Madhya Pradesh. Particulary bharthari, dholaa maaru, chandaini, alha, and Raam kissaa songs
Family, Jawaharlal Baghel and Pritam Pahadi
folk songs of Madhya Pradesh
Jadumani Dasi
OEMI0892
448
Kolkata
vocalist,
Vocalist of Kolkata
Tej Khan
?
OEMI2116
1070
?
19
?
?
singer
Eminent qavvaali singer
qavvaali
P00137
Bishan Dass Sharma
OEMI0393
195
Delhi
1929
20
Lahore
Maker of musical instruments
his father Rikhi Ram Sharma
Ahmad Faraz
1212
OEMI0052
27
Peshawar,Pakistan, and London
1931
20
Noushera,Pakistan
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Kalahasti Ayya
OEMI0981
500
?
?
veena player
Eminent veena exponent of the durbar of King TulajaII of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Mohammad Jan
OEMI1350
680
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Fida Hussain
Phul Mohammad
12??
OEMI1621
809
1926
20
Baharampur, Murshidabad district, Bangladesh
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
his father and Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, Kader Baksh, Ram Govind Pathak, Mehdi Hussain Khan （of Rampur）, Girija Shankar Chakravarti
P06258
Nayan Jyoti Ghosh
0428
OEMI1522
753754
1956
20
Mumbai
tabla, sitar player
Well-known tabla and sitar player, and teacher.
Radheshyam Kathavachak
1225
OEMI1672
843
1890
19
Bareilly,Uttar Pradesh
?
writer
writer of Hindi musical plays
Hindi musical plays
Mrinalini Sarabhai
0507
OEMI1370
689
1928
20
Chennai
dancer,choreographer
Nitai Charan Sinha
02??
OEMI1543
764
1916
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Vocalist
his maternal uncle Gopal Charan Gosh, few teachers
P00237
Ramankutty Nair （Kalamandalam）
OEMI1747
874
1925
20
Palakkad district, Kerala
Kathakali performer and guru
Ravunni Menon
Ghulam Rasol （Jodhpur）
OEMI0687
362
Jodhpur
Lahore
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Maharaja Takhat Singh of Jodhpur
Raman, Lakshmanan, B.V.
OEMI1742
873
1921
20
Gooty, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,
Vocalist duo, twins
Bhaktabatsala Patra
0919
OEMI0340
155
1930
20
Ganjam, Orissa
udra veena player
Performer of rudra veena and mardal
Byachanna Narasingham
Haidar Khan （Dagar）
OEMI0778
400
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist, son of Imam Bakhsh
Narayan Moreshwar Khare
OEMI1465
726
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Zahur Khan(Dhurupad)
?
OEMI2254
1157
0.174
?
18
Atrauli
?
He probably belonged to the early dhrupad veterans of Atrauli some of whom migrated to Rajasthan
P00226
Sonam Tsersing Lepcha
0103
OEMI2020
993
1928
20
Sikkim
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1995 in the category of folk music.
Anandadasa
OEMI0131
56
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
P00144
Dhruba Ghosh
1025
OEMI0579
290
1957
20
Mumbai
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Delhi
P00033
Gopal Krishna
OEMI0715
372
Delhi
Noted vichitra veena player
his father Nand Kishore, Khubchand Brahmchari
Ibomcha Sharma
0101
OEMI0851
438
Manipur
1897
19-20
Imphal, Manipur
?
Veteran teacher of Manipuri nata sankeertana
Chongtham Chaoba, Nongmaithem Kanhai Singh, Laisram Mangaljao Singh, Thokcho Angou Singh, Loitam Jhulon
Manipuri nata sankeertana
Madanapala
?
OEMI1211
611
?
?
?
A prince of Andhra, author of Ananda Sanjeevan
Najukjan
?
OEMI1436
717
?
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Prem Singh
OEMI1646
827
20
?
?
Singer of Sikh devotional hhymns
Subashi
?
OEMI2034
1010
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent
Vadyanadha Iyer
OEMI2156
1107
20
?
?
singer
disc-record singer of south India
Kushaba Nana Bhide
OEMI1142
581
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
Raghunath Dutta
0201
OEMI1678
856
1933
20
Masundapur village,Cuttack district,Orissa
Odissi dancer,choreographer,teacher
Pankaj Charan Das,Gurudayal Sharan,Kelucharan Mahapatra
Balkrishna Dhamanaskar
?
OEMI0277
112
?
19
?
?
Author of 19th-cent
Tourangbam Nadia Singh
1015
OEMI2134
1088
1923
Imphal, Manipur
Performer of Manipuri dance
Maisnam Amubi Singh, Haobam Atomba Singh, Takhelchangbam Amudon Sharma
Mansukhram Nayak
?
OEMI1287
645
?
?
?
vocalist,musician
Vocalist, chief musician
Kale Khan （Lahore）
OEMI0987
503
?
?
Singer of light classical varieties such as daadraa and qavvaali
Natesa Ayyar(Nimam)
?
OEMI1510
740
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic known also as Nataraja Bhagavatar
Vilayat Ali （Haji）
OEMI2203
1128
18
18-19
?
?
tabla player,composer
Tabla wizard, teacher, composer of gats, and founder of the 19th-cent.
Farukhaabaad tabla gharaanaa
Miyaa Bakhshu
Inayat Khan （Author）
OEMI0871
442
?
?
Author
Govindasambayya （Margadarsi）
OEMI0743
381382
?
?
Pioneer of taana-varnams
P00114
Alarmel Valli
?
OEMI0072
36
1956
20
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
Bachubai
OEMI0231
94
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Abdul Karim Khan, Suresh-babu Mane
Chhedilal
OEMI0461
235
?
?
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
Doreswamy, R.N.
OEMI0596
300301
1916
20
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
Noted veena player and teacher
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
P00165
Kanak Rele
?
OEMI1011
513
1937
20
Mumbai
scholar
Noted scholar,and exponent of Moohini Aattam
Nanhibai
OEMI1452
723
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Putturaj Gawai
OEMI1662
834
1914
20
Dharwar district,Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Panchakshari Gawai
Shamim
OEMI1935
964965
Lucknow
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
P00095
Suchitra Mitra
?
OEMI2044
1013
1924
20
Kolkata
vocalist
vocalist
Devi Choudhurani,Pankaj Mullick,Shantidev Ghosh
Vansiali
OEMI2164
1114
19
?
?
poet
Sawai Ram Singh
OEMI1903
958
Jaipur
19
?
?
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and Maharaja of Jaipur （r.1835-80）
Sampathkumaracharya, V.S
OEMI1862
923924
1925
20
Venkatayyana Chatra, now Chamarajnagar district, Karnataka
musicologist
musicologist, author, teacher
Thambalangoubi Devi,L.
0717
OEMI2121
1072
1930
20
Imphal,Manipur
Manipuri dance exponent
her father,L.Narahari Sharma
Kshirod Prasad
OEMI1123
575
Bengal
19-20
?
?
playwright
Mirza Ghalib
OEMI1328
672
19
?
?
poet
Pohre-bua
OEMI1628
812813
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Subbanna(Mugur)
?
OEMI2038
1011
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Andalanuru Subbayya
Shankar Abhyankar
0519
OEMI1939
965966
Mumbai
1934
20
Satara, Maharashtra
sitar player, teacher
Veteran sitar player and teacher
Shankarrao Vyas, Ravi Shankar, Vilayat Khan
P00183
Mani,R.(Karaikudi)
?
OEMI1266
639340
1945
20
Chettinad,near Karaikudi,Tamil Nadu
Mridangam player
Karaikudi Rangu Iyengar,T.R.Harihara Sarma,and K.N.Vaidyanathan
Manohar Chimote
03??
OEMI1278
643
Mumbai
1929
20
Nagpur,Maharashtra
Well-known harmonium player
Bhishmadev Vedi,Lakshman Prasad Jaipurwale,and Amir Hussain Khan
P05973
Amjad Ali Khan
1009
OEMI0120
51
Delhi
1945
20
Gwalior
Well-known sarod player of an admirable instrumental tradition,traced to Bangash,Afghanistan.
his father Hafiz Ali Khan
Yusuf Khan
?
OEMI2251
1156
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Haapur
Mirza Khan
OEMI1329
672
?
?
author
Samwal Khan
OEMI1865
925
?
?
rudra veena player
rudra veena player
Chhota Naubat Khan
OEMI0464
236
0.1756
18
?
?
rudra veena player
Eminent rudra veena player
his illustrious father Jeevan Khan
Chhote Mohammad Khan
OEMI0469
237
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist （19th-cent.）
Haddu Khan
Jatan Kathak
OEMI0924
464
Benares
19
Mid-19th cent.saarangi player of Benares.
Ali Naqi Khan (Nawab)
?
OEMI0080
38
?
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player in the durbar of Nawaab
Gaforan
?
OEMI0638
323
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
singer-actress and disc-record artiste of the 1900s
P00196
Pradip Chaliha
OEMI1635
824
Assam
1919
20
Golaghat, Assam
Teacher and propagator of tradition Assamese dance and music
Sankaran Kutty Panikkar (Kavungal)
0306
OEMI1873
940
1909
20
Thrissur district, Kerala
Kathakali artiste
Konthumi Panikkar (Kalluvazhi), Appuni Poduval (Killikurissimangalam), Ravunni Menon (Pattikkamthodi)
Mughlu Khan(Kolhapur)
?
OEMI1376
691
?
probably Narsinghar,Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Gwalior
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
OEMI1573
782
Chennai
18
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
Ghulam Rasol （Lucknow）
OEMI0688
362363
?
?
vocalist
Eminent vocalist, fonder of the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
the Lucknow khayaal gharaanaa
khayaal
Baiju Bawra
OEMI0256
105
?
?
There are a few legends on the identity and life of Baiju
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
P02334
Ibopishak Sharma
0402
OEMI0852
438
1918
20
Imphal, Manipur
Manipuri dance guru
his father Iboton Sharma, Higoksana Singh, Aton Singh, Gourachandra Sharma, Amudon Sharma
Kirtidhara
OEMI1082
558
?
?
One of the commentators of Bharata-muni's Naatyasaastra
Madanlal Vyas
?
OEMI1212
611
Mumbai
1922
20
Jodhpur,Rajasthan
Scholar,noted for his translation of work on music from Bengal
Raghunath Rath
OEMI1681
856
?
?
author
Vanasri Rao
OEMI2162
1112
20
?
?
kuuchipuudi danseuse
Chidambara Bhagavatar
OEMI0474
238
20
?
?
Eminent Harikathaa performer of the 1930s.
Ganesilal Chaube
OEMI0652
331
Ganesilal
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Raghunath Nanda
0812
OEMI1679
856
1920
20
Puri,Orissa
singer
Govind Charan Nanda
Bhagabai Nadkaikarin
OEMI0327
145
Mumbai
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and early singer for discrecords during 1900-10
Umesh Chandra Chowdhury
OEMI2147
1102
Assam
20
?
?
composer, poet
Twentieth-century composer and poet of Assam
Balkrishnapati Bajpeyi
?
OEMI0281
114
Gwalior
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player of Gwalior
Gurusami Disikar
OEMI0762
392
?
?
Well-known singer of Tamil Tevaaram hymns
Morgaumkar Bhave
OEMI1367
686
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Tarun Kumar Singh
?
OEMI2111
1068
1912
20
Imphal,Manipur
Recipient of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi award for Mnipuri dance in 1987
Amubi Singh and some other veterans
Gaurikanta Deva Goswami
OEMI0662
349350
1890
19-20
Jarabari Sattra, Sibsagar district, Assam
Eminent guru of Vaishnava-Sattriya dance
Nityananda
P00097
Kamala Murthy,T.R.
?
OEMI1003
508
1932
20
Lakshmikudi,Tamil Nadu
Harikathaa performer
Annasami Bhagavatar,Embar Vijaya Raghavachariar,and Venkatasubramania Sastrigal
Nazir Khan(Jodhpur)
?
OEMI1524
755
Jodhpur
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist(late 19th cent.) of the Jodhpur durbar
Pransukhlal Nayak
04??
OEMI1639
825
1910
20
Jagudan village, Mehsana district, Gujarat
?
actor, singer
Actor-singer of the Gujarati stage
Inayat Khan 'Rasikh'
OEMI0873
442
?
?
musician
Author of an Urdu work in music and musicians
Sukavi Narayanadeva
?
OEMI2053
1026
?
17
?
?
poet and compiler of Manasaa Ojaapaali songs
Narayanaswamy, K.V.
OEMI1487
729
1923
20
Palakkad, Kerala
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher
Palghat Mani Iyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, C.S. Krishna Iyer, K.S. Venkataramayya
Ammakannu
?
OEMI0121
52
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bharati Sivaji
OEMI0345
161
?
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
Lalita Sastri

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