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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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
P00036
OEMI0768
Hafiz Ahmad Khan
vocalist
Hindustani vocalist
1926
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
397
OEMI0845
Hussain Ali Khan
sarod player
Noted sarod player of the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
1850
Madhya Pradesh
?
the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Mohammad
436
OEMI0056
Ahmad Nadim Qasami
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
Lahore, Pakistan
1916
?
?
27
P00003
OEMI0026
Abhinava Gupta
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
?
?
?
?
11
OEMI0545
Dipali Nag
vocalist
Vocalist
1922
0222
Agra
Agra Rangile
Tassaduq Hussain Khan,Bashir Ahmad Khan,Faiyaz Khan,Vilayat Hussain Khan
264
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
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
OEMI0225
Baburam Sahai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of Allahabad
Allahabad
?
?
Ramanujdas, Narayandas
9394
OEMI0435
Chandrabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra
1833
?
?
Mansingh Vaidprakash
217
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI1008
Kambal
musician
A sage-musician of ancient times
?
?
?
?
509
OEMI1551
Nomita Ghose
vocalist
vocalist
1959
1211
Dhaka,Bangladesh
Jashoda Ghose,P.C.Gomes,Barin Mazumdar
766
P00242
OEMI1795
Rani
singer-actress
?
?
887
OEMI1859
Sambayya
veena player
veena performer
?
?
922
OEMI1925
Shahu Maharaj
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
?
?
963
OEMI2027
Srijanbai
singer
Competent singer
Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Ghasit Khan
1008
OEMI1198
Lauji,Viswanath
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
?
?
?
?
604
OEMI2219
Viswanath Lauji
musician
musician
?
?
1138
OEMI1768
Ramkishan Solanki
Performer of the drum, nagaaraa
1938
1225
Pushkar, Rajasthan
880
OEMI1589
Pannalal Bajpayi
sitar player
sitar player
?
?
Pyar Khan and Zafar Khan
794
OEMI1093
Kovana Samayya
composer
Noted 18th-cent. composer of the pre-Trinity period of south India
?
?
568
OEMI1283
Manomohan Basu
Author of jatraa folk plays of 19th-cent.
Bengal
?
?
?
?
644
OEMI1822
Roy, R.N.
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
903
OEMI2030
Srinivas Pandit
Author
?
?
?
?
1009
OEMI0819
Harmasji Ardeshir
Singer-actor of Hindi plays
Mumbai
?
?
416
OEMI1055
Keshav-bua Ingle
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior gharaanaa and teacher
?
?
Gwalior
his father Gundo-bua Ingle
540
OEMI1922
Shah Mir Khan
rudra veena player
Performer of the saarangi and rudra veena in the durbar of Indore
Indore
?
?
963
OEMI0027
Abid Hussain Khan(Dhaka)
sitar player, sarod player
Sitar and sarod player
1928
0401
Shibpur,Comilla district
Ayet Ali Khan(brother of Allauddin Khan of Maihar)
14
OEMI1581
Pan Khan
vocalist,sitar player
vovalist,sitar player
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
?
?
788
OEMI2245
Yashin Khan
vocalist
vocalist
1935
?
Dhaka,Bangladesh
his father Gul Mohammad Khan
1153
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