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
Mankuverbai
?
OEMI1275
643
Gujarat
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist in the durbar of Raja Bhav Singh of Bhavnagar,Gujarat.
Kallan Khan
Roshan Kumari
OEMI1820
902
20
?
kathak danseuse
P00075
Parvin Sultana
0525
OEMI1607
800
1950
20
Nauga prava,Assam
vocalist
vocalist
Chinmay Lahiri
P00074
Jasraj(Pandit)
0120
OEMI0922
463
1930
20
Hissar,Haryana
vocalist
Eminent present-day vocalist and foremost exponent of the Mewaati tradition.
Alimulla Khan
?
OEMI0081
39
Lucknow
?
?
?
vocalist
Dhrupad singer
dhrupad
P06002
Sultan Khan
OEMI2062
1029
Mumbai
1941
20
Sikar, Rajasthan
saarangi player
Veteran saarangi player
Gulab Khan, Amir Khan
Abhilasha
?
OEMI0025
10
south India
?
?
Author of Sangeet Chandra
Chimman Khan
OEMI0481
239
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Kayam Khan
OEMI1040
532
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
P00036
Hafiz Ahmad Khan
OEMI0768
397
1926
20
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Hindustani vocalist
Hussain Ali Khan
OEMI0845
436
1850
19
Madhya Pradesh
?
sarod player
Noted sarod player of the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
the Ghulam Bandegi gharaanaa
his father Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Mohammad
Ahmad Nadim Qasami
?
OEMI0056
27
Lahore, Pakistan
1916
?
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals and other forms
ghazals etc.
P00003
Abhinava Gupta
?
OEMI0026
11
?
?
?
Author of Abhinava Bhaarati
Dipali Nag
0222
OEMI0545
264
1922
20
Agra
vocalist
Vocalist
Agra Rangile
Tassaduq Hussain Khan,Bashir Ahmad Khan,Faiyaz Khan,Vilayat Hussain Khan
Jagu Ojha
OEMI0907
451
Singer-actor of Oriya yaatraa and suaang plays.
Mahmuda Jan
OEMI1241
622
?
?
vocalist
vocalist and disc-record singer
Nrushingha Nath Khuntia
1009
OEMI1557
768
1913
20
Puri,Orissa
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher of Odissi music
Bhimsen Pratihari,Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar
Odissi music
Somnath Das
OEMI2017
993
1906
20
Puri, Orissa
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Odissi music
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
?
OEMI1226
619
?
19
?
?
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
Biswanath Sahai
OEMI0400
197
Benares, second half of the 19th cent.
?
tabla player
Tabla player of the Benares style
Benares
Bhairav Sahai
Hamid Ali Khan （Nawab）
OEMI0787
401
?
?
Ruler of Rampur state in Uttar Pradesh
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician （18th cent.） of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1022
516
19
?
?
Bharata Naatyam guru of the 19th cent
Jahangir Khan(Vocal)
OEMI0909
452
Uniyara,Rajasthan
Uniyara,Rajasthan
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli tradition
Atraauli
Dattibai
?
OEMI0533
259
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
Mughlu Khan
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Hirabai II
OEMI0837
431
?
?
Kathak danseuse of Kanpur
Krishna Maharaj
P00107
Lata Mangeshkar
0928
OEMI1195
603604
1929
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
singer
Celebrated film singer
Dinanath Mangeshkar
film
Mujaddid Niazi
0224
OEMI1377
691692
1924
?
20
Dera Ismailkhan,now in Pakistan
Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Khurshid Ali,Abdul Wahid Khan,and Mustaq Hussain Khan
Papajan
OEMI1593
795
Hyderabad
20
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
P06507
Ravi Shankar
0407
OEMI1811
895897
1920
20
Benares
sitar player
musician, wizard of the sitar
Sohni Singh
OEMI2008
991
1879
19-20
?
?
Well-known harmonium player of eastern India
Kanailal Dhendi （esraaj）, his father （khayaal）
Urmila Singh
OEMI2151
1104
?
singer
Contemporary folk singer
Radhesharan Singh
folk
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
?
OEMI2021
994
?
?
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
Bhupen Hazarika
?
OEMI0369
183184
1926
20
Sadia district,Assam
An eminent name in Assamese music.
Manmathnath Ray
?
OEMI1276
643
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Swamy Naidu, A.
OEMI2093
1042
20
?
?
actor, singer
actor, singer
Hussain Khan Kalpiwale
OEMI0848
436437
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player who founded the Kalpi tradition
Ramachandra Rao, S.K.
OEMI1734
871
1926
20
Karnataka
musicologist
Noted musicologist and scolar with achievements in several fields
Narayanaswami Iyer （Thanjavur）
OEMI1483
729
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
P00211
Ram Kailas Yadav
OEMI1721
868
1928
20
Lamabi village,Uttar Pradesh
Singer of folk songs of Uttar Pradesh
Mahavir Yadav
Hussainuddin Dagar
OEMI0850
437
?
?
vocalist
Well-known dhrupad vocalist
his eldest brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Miraj Ahmed Nizami
OEMI1324
671
?
?
qavvaali singer
Sripada Pinakapani
0803
OEMI2033
1009
1913
20
Priyagraharam village, Srikakulam district.Andhra
vocalist
Noted vocalist
V.S.Lakshman Rao,Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu, and Rangaramanuja Iyengar
Chand Khan （Tabla）
OEMI0429
214
18
?
?
tabla player
Tabla pioneer （mid-18th cent.）
Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Muthukkumara Pulavar
OEMI1411
704
19
?
?
composer
Tamil composer （19th cent.）
Lakshminarayan Rajak
OEMI1167
591
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
?
Folk artiste of Madhya Pradesh
his father Chhotelal Rajak
Aga Shergul
?
OEMI0047
23
Pakistan
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Babi Borkar （Baburao）
0318
OEMI0221
9293
1903
20
Bari, Goa
?
Noted harmonium player
Chandra Sakhi
OEMI0434
217
Orchha, Madhya Pradesh
?
Eighteenth-century poet of Vaishnava padas
Balkrishna Swami
Hakani Bakhsh
OEMI0784
400
Jodhpu
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Kamalam
?
OEMI1006
508509
?
?
?
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
Lionel Algama
0324
OEMI1204
607
Sri Lank
1935
20
Sri Lanka
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Nagaridev
?
OEMI1432
715
1547
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Prajnanananda （Swami）
OEMI1637
825
Kolkata
1907
20
Prasadpur, Bengal
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Vedaanta
Serfubai
OEMI1909
961
Lucknow
19
?
?
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Somnath Pandit
OEMI2018
993
17
?
?
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
Zakir Hussain
0309
OEMI2260
11581159
1951
20-
Mumbai
tabla player
Well-known tabla exponent
his father, tabla maestro Allah Rakha Qureshi
Ramananda Dvija
OEMI1743
873
17
?
Ahatguri, now in Golaghat district, Assam
composer
Early 17th-cent. composer of Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs and biographer of Saint Sankaradeva
his father Raamadeva Aataa
Vishwanath Ringe
OEMI2215
1137
1921
20
?
vocalist, teacher, author
vocalist, teacher, author
Gwaalior
Krishnarao Pandit
Baltazard, Solvyns
?
OEMI0283
115
Kolkata
1760
?
Antwerp,Belgium
?
European painter,
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
OEMI1553
766
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Palakkad Raghu,R.
OEMI1574
783
1928
20
Palakkad,Kerala
mridangam player
Sankaran Embrantiri
08??
OEMI1872
940
1942
20
Vellayyoor, Malappuram district, Kerala
vocalist
vocalist
G.P.Govinda Pisharoti
Chatterji, M. N.
OEMI0448
224
Kolkata
20
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena performer of early 20th cent.
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
P00170
Komik Khongjirem
OEMI1092
566
Meghalaya
?
?
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Manohar,S.S.
?
OEMI1280
644
Mumbai
?
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s
Palanivel,A.K.
OEMI1575
783
1948
20
Haridwaramangalam,Tamil Nadu
performer and teacher of the drum,tavil.
S.Kumarvel Pillai,G.Muthukumaraswamy Pillai
Ramchandra Vaidya
OEMI1759
877
1871
19
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain
Poet and performer of Marathi keertans
Kachchi Sastri
OEMI0972
493
19
?
?
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and violinist （19th cent.）
Shah Mir Khan
OEMI1922
963
Indore
?
?
rudra veena player
Performer of the saarangi and rudra veena in the durbar of Indore
Abid Hussain Khan(Dhaka)
0401
OEMI0027
14
1928
20
Shibpur,Comilla district
sitar player, sarod player
Sitar and sarod player
Ayet Ali Khan(brother of Allauddin Khan of Maihar)
Pan Khan
OEMI1581
788
Mathura,Uttar Pradesh
18
?
?
vocalist,sitar player
vovalist,sitar player
Yashin Khan
?
OEMI2245
1153
1935
20
Dhaka,Bangladesh
vocalist
vocalist
his father Gul Mohammad Khan
Nasir Ahmad Khan
0105
OEMI1501
733
1930
20
Uttar Pradesh
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Buddhu Khan, Mahaphuz Khan, Habib Khan and Abdul Wahid Khan
Ilahijan
OEMI0855
439
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ajoy Bhattacharya
?
OEMI0063
2930
?
20
?
?
Noted lyricist of Bengali songs of the 1940s
Haidar Khan （Sahaswan）
OEMI0782
400
Rampur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Rampur durbar
some elders
Afzal Hussain
0801
OEMI0044
23
1916
20
Nagina,near Lucknow
vocalist
Vocalist
Muhammad Hussain
Devendranath Changkatti
?
OEMI0556
275
1890
?
19-20
Guwahati,Assam
?
vocalist
Vocalist
probably Lakshmiram Barooah
P00063
Manilal Nag
?
OEMI1269
640
1939
20
Bankura,West Bengal
sitar player
Sitar player
Gokul Nag
Nunnijan
OEMI1558
768769
?
?
vocalist
vocalist, an early disc-record artiste
Sukumar Ray
OEMI2057
1028
1912
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
musicologist
Musicologist and author
Hakim Mohammad Hussain and Gul Mohammad Khan
Haidar Khan （Saharanpur）
OEMI0781
400
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Imam Bakhash, brother Bairam Khan
P00186
Mohan Chandra Barman
OEMI1360
682
1900
20
Kaihatti village,Assam
artiste of Bhaaonaa
Joseph Hayim Awaskar
OEMI0960
488
18751900
19-20
Awas, near Mumbai
?
Author of Marathi hymns and plays on Jewish devotional themes
Achyutappa Nayak
?
OEMI0036
17
Tamil Nadu
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
P00171
Krishnan Kutty Nair （Kottakkal）
OEMI1105
571
1928
20
Palakkad, Kerala
Kathakali performer
P.S. Varrier Natyasangham
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
OEMI1155
588
1911
20
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Kanaka Srinivasan
?
OEMI1012
513514
1947
20
Chennnai
Dancer and choreographer of Bharata Naatyam
Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai
Appu Marar （Pallavor）
OEMI0165
71
1928
20
Thiruvanjikkulam, Kochi region, Kerala
Performer of chendaa, edakka, and taayambakaa
his father Patturaikkal Sankara Marar, Adantha Kontha Swamy
Mughlu Khan (Jawra)
?
OEMI1375
691
?
?
?
vocalist, rudra veena player
Vocalist and rudra veena player of jawra,Madhya Pradesh.
P00194
Paramananda Borbayan
OEMI1596
797
1936
20
Lahalial,Assam
performer and teacher of Sattriiya dance of Assam
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
Kamalbai
?
OEMI1007
509
?
?
?
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
P00179
Lila Samson
?
OEMI1203
606
1951
20
Coonoor,Tamil Nadu
Bharata Naatyam exponent
Munnibai
?
OEMI1390
695
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Pedda Dasari
OEMI1616
807
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit

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