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
OEMI0303
Durga Prasad
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
0.192
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
304
OEMI0483
Chinna Vaithi
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Mysore
?
?
240
OEMI1186
Lalita Devi
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Benares
?
?
598
OEMI1321
Meruswami
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
?
?
669
OEMI1519
Nawabjan
vocalist
Vocalist
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
751
OEMI1740
Ramamatya
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
?
?
872
P05890
OEMI1976
Shubha Mudgal
vocalist
Well-known vocalist, recipient of the Padma Shri in 2000
1959
Allahabad
Ramasray Jha, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Vasant Thakkar, Naina Devi, Jitendra Abhisheki, and Kumar Gandharva, Shubha
975
OEMI2099
Syed Abdul Hadi
Singer of light forms of music
1940
0701
Comilla,Bangladesh
1049
OEMI1998
Sitaram-bua Phatarphekar
vocalist
Vocalist
0.191
near Phatarphe, Goa
the Agra gharaanaa
Parshuram-bua Parsekar, Yashwantrao Lolekar, and Vilayat Hussain Khan
986
OEMI1609
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Benares
?
?
801
OEMI1127
Kuloi Chandra Sen
musician
musician
?
?
578
OEMI1955
Shaukat Ara Islam
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti
1939
1227
Dhaka, Bangladesh
969
OEMI0443
Chandrika Prasad Dube
Competent esraaj player of Bihar
1875
Pawai, Gaya district, Bihar
?
Kanailal Dhendi
222
OEMI1052
Keshav Chandra Bandopadhyay
tabla player
Tabla exponent
1892
0106
near Dhaka, Bangladesh
?
Prasanna Kumar Banikya, Maulaviram Mishra, Natthu Khan
540
OEMI0444
Chantai Das Oja
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
?
?
221
OEMI1969
Shovana Narayan
Kathak dancer
1950
Kolkata
Sadhana Bose, Kundanlal, Birju Maharaj
973974
OEMI0803
Hari Dikshit Pandit
Performer of Marathi keertans; peak period sometime during 1700-50
?
?
411
OEMI1175
Lala Bhagwandas
Founder of the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
the Jaawli Pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1900
Savyasachi Iyengar
veena player,
Veena player of the durbar of Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar III （r. 1799-1868）
Mysore
?
?
957
OEMI0404
Brahmananda Paradesi
vocalist
Vocalist(19th cent.)
?
?
?
?
199
OEMI1757
Ramchandra Mohapatra
vocalist
Vocalist
1929
0715
Balasore, Orissa
Bhagavat Mohanty, Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
877
P00038
OEMI0816
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Eminent present-day maestro of the flute
Mumbai
1938
0701
Allahabad
Bholanath Prasanna, Annapurna Deviee
415
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
OEMI0494
Chirag
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Punjjabi
?
?
241
OEMI0898
Jagaddhara
Scholar of the medieval period
449
OEMI1069
Khande Dasappa
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
?
?
547
OEMI1277
Mannabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1704
Rajam, N.
violinist
violinist
1938
Chennai
Narayana Iyer, Musiri Subramanya Iyer
863
P02347
OEMI1894
Satish Bhatia
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
1929
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
952
P03003
OEMI1995
Sitara Devi
Well-known Kathak danseuse
Mumbai
1920
Kolkata
her father Sukhdev Mishra, Achhan, Lachhu, and Shambhu Maharaj
986
OEMI1120
Krishnayyar 'Dasavadyam'
Instrumentalist
?
?
573
OEMI1992
Sinnayya （Ghanam）
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
?
?
982
OEMI1484
Narayanaswami Pillai （Sirkazhi）
violinist
Well-known violinist 19th cent.
?
?
729
P00101
OEMI2002
Sivaraman, K. （Umayalpuram）
Well-known mridangam performer
1935
1217
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Arupathi Natesa Iyer, Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer, Palghat Mani Iyer, and Rangu Iyengar
988
OEMI2144
Ulsor Krishna Iyer
vocalist
Durbar vocalist of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar r.1799-1860 of Mysore state
?
?
Syaamaa Saastri
1102
OEMI0331
Bhagwat Rasikdev
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
1742
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
148149
OEMI0551
Desikachar,V.
Noted flute exponent and teacher
1924
?
Mysore
M.Venkatesa Iyengar and Venkatagiriappa
271
OEMI0785
Haladhara Mishra
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
?
?
400
OEMI1972
Shrikant Bakre
vocalist
Vocalist
Kolkata
1930
0825
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Baburao Pathak, Manhar Barve, and Amir Khan
974
OEMI0812
Haridas Mukherji
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s, based in Kolkata
Kolkata
?
?
412
OEMI0543
Debo
vocalist,
Vocalist of 1900s
Kolkata
?
?
?
?
262
OEMI0006
Abdul Gafur
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
?
?
?
?
2
P06696
OEMI1388
Munne Khan
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of the early 1900s.
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
695
OEMI1994
Sitab Khan
tabla player
Tabla pioneer, late 18th cent.
?
?
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
982
OEMI1246
Malati Pande
vocalist
vocalist
1930
0419
Wardha,North Maharashtra
625
OEMI0583
Dilawar Ali Khan
vocalist
Khayaal singer of the durbar of Rewa
khayaal
Rewa
?
?
?
?
Agra
295
OEMI1667
Radha Krishna Bhanj
singer
1928
1105
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
Sitanshu Nandi,Narayan Darji
842
OEMI1289
Markandeya Mohapatra Sharma
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
1915
0718
Puri,Orissa
Narayan Mohapatra Sharma and Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar.
652
P01321
OEMI0177
Arvind Parikh
sitar player
Well-known sitar player
Mumbai
1927
?
?
?
?
77
OEMI1173
Lal Khan Sani
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzab
?
?
591
OEMI1518
Naval Sakhi
Performer of devotional dances
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
?
749750
OEMI2255
Zahur Khan （Khayal）
He belonged to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
17805
?
?
1157
P00121
OEMI0162
Appa Jalgaonkar
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
1926
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
71
OEMI1986
Siddiqi Manganiar
singer
Folk singer
folk
1939
Jamphli, West Rajasthan
family elders
976
OEMI2073
Sunderlal Gangani
Kathak dancer and teacher
?
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
1031
OEMI1451
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
vocalist?
Vocalist?
?
?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
723
OEMI0538
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
?
?
?
?
Gwalior Khayaal
261
P00053
OEMI1187
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Mumbai
1919
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
600
P03166
OEMI1231
Maharajapuram Santhanam
vocalist
vocalist
1928
0520
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
620
P02523
OEMI1180
Lalchand Yamla Jat
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
1919
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
593
OEMI0065
Ajoy Sinha Roy
sitar player
Sitar player
Kolkata
1920
1201
?
30
OEMI0186
Asghar Ali
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Mumbai
?
?
?
?
81
OEMI0654
Gangadhar
Poet and author of a work of 27 raagamaalaa verses on Bhairav, Maalkauns, Hindool, Deepak, Sri, and Megh raagas and raaginis as per the Hanumaan Mat scheme
?
?
332
P00153
OEMI0807
Hari Uppal
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
1926
Patna, Bihar
411
P00160
OEMI0919
Jani-miya
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
462
P00185
OEMI1322
Minati Mishra
Odissi danseuse and teacher
1934
Cuttack,Orissa
671
P00190
OEMI1550
Nokot Khriam
Maker of musical instruments
1944
Nongblai,Meghalaya
766
P02707
OEMI1746
Ramani, N.
Reputed flute player
1934
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
874
OEMI1984
Siddheshwar Sen
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Malwa, Rajasthan
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Radha Kishan Guru
976
OEMI2263
Zebanjan
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Jhajjar, near Delhi
?
?
1160
OEMI0086
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
?
?
?
?
?
41
OEMI1673
Radheshyam Sandilya
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
843
P00094
OEMI1966
Shivkumar Sharma
Eminent santoor player
Mumbai
1938
0113
Jammu
Kashmir Valley
972973
OEMI0498
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
?
?
243
P06047
OEMI1502
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
dhrupad
1924
1220
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
733
OEMI1153
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
1921
0402
Imphal, Manipur
a few teacher
586587
OEMI0492
Chintamani Mishra
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
?
?
no raliable information
241
P00169
OEMI1086
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
0513
Kerala
560
OEMI2247
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
?
?
?
?
1153
OEMI0344
Bharata Chodamani
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
?
?
158
OEMI1176
Lala Bhavanidas
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
?
?
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
592
OEMI1944
Shankarlal Hiralal
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Mumbai
?
?
966
OEMI0441
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
1915
0604
Mysore city,
221
P00212
OEMI1772
Ramkumar Chatterji
vocalist
vocalist
1920
Kolkata
?
Rajendralal Chatterji, Zamiruddin Khan
881
P00155
OEMI0830
Himant Kumar Jamatia
Singer of folk and tribal music of Tripura
1954
Trishabari, Tripura
423
OEMI1489
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
Krishnarao Pandit
730
OEMI0187
Asha Bhosle
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Mumbai
1933
0908
Sangli,Maharashtra
8182
OEMI0427
Chammubai
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Delhi
?
?
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
214
OEMI0495
Chiranjilal
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
?
?
241
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
OEMI0899
Jagadekamalla
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
449
OEMI0978
Kagalkar, V.A.
vocalist
Vocalist
1902
0604
Karnataka
Balkrishna-bua Ichalkaranjikar, Ramkrishna-bua Vaze, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Sawai Gandharva
497
OEMI1364
Mohanlal
singer-actor
?
?
683
OEMI1707
Rajaram, S.
teacher, composer
Teacher and composer
1925
Mysore, Karnataka
864
OEMI2115
Tijanbai
Performer of Paandavani
Bhilai
1954
0424
Atari Patan,Chhattisgarh
1070
OEMI2225
Qutub-ud-Daula
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
?
?
?
?
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
838839
OEMI0862
Imamuddin Dagar
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
dhrupad
?
?
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
439
OEMI1459
Narasayya （Padala）
vocalist
Vocalist （19th cent.）, noted for singing devotional songs with great fervour
?
?
725
OEMI1387
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
saarangi player
Saarangi player
?
?
?
?
695