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
Vaikunta Sastri
OEMI2159
1108
18-19
?
?
composer
composer
Mahadeva Annavi
?
OEMI1225
619
?
?
?
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
P00087
Janakiraman,S.R.
0712
OEMI0916
461
1928
20
Lalgudi,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Gaisberg,F.W.
?
OEMI0641
324
1872
?
19
?
?
Pioneer sound recordist of early 20th cent.
P00235
Swapan Chaudhuri
OEMI2094
1044
1947
20
Kolkata
tabla player
tabla exponent
Abdul Salam
?
OEMI0017
6
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer,a contemporary of the famous Kazi Nazrul Islam(b.1899)
Ahmad Khan
?
OEMI0054
27
?
?
18
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of llate 18th cent.,
P05793
Imrat Khan
OEMI0866
440
1936
20
Kolkata
sitar player
Noted exponent of sitar and surbahaar
his maternal grandfather Bande Hassan Khan, maternal uncle Sinde Hassan Khan, his father's brother Wahid Khan
Rais Khan
1125
OEMI1695
860
1939
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
sitar player
sitar player
Mohammad Khan
Chhajju Khan
OEMI0457
230
19
Bijnor, Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Mumbai
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the mid-19th cent.
his father Dilawar Khan , Inayat Hussain Khan
Muzaffar Khan
OEMI1421
706707
1858
19
Delhi
?
vocalist
vocalist
Maste Khan
Sulaiman
OEMI2059
1029
Lucknow
?
?
vocalist
Reputed khayaal and tappaa singer of Lucknow
Rajab Ali Khan
khayaal
Ambika Charan Guha
?
OEMI0107
48
?
19
?
?
patron,
Nineteenth-century teacher and patron
Mirich Khan
OEMI1327
672
1832
19
?
Tonk, Rajasthan
saarangi player
saarangi player
Haidar Bakhsh
Fazue Lal Pandit
?
OEMI0627
319
Kolkata
?
20
?
?
Shehnai player of the early 20th cent.
Sundarabai of Surat
OEMI2066
1030
20
?
?
vocalist
She was vocalist in the 20th-century
Murad Ali Khan(Darbhanga)
?
OEMI1393
696
?
19
?
?
sarod player
Nineteenth-century sarod player
Aman Ali Khan (Lucknow)
?
OEMI0095
45
Gwalior
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Qavvaal-bachhe
P00125
Asgaribai
08??
OEMI0184
81
Tikamgarh in Uttar Pradesh
1918
20
Bijaya,Chattarpur,Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist
Zahur Khan
Lal Khan Sani
OEMI1173
591
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player of the durbar of Mughal Emperor Aurangzab
Naval Sakhi
?
OEMI1518
749750
Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
Performer of devotional dances
Zahur Khan （Khayal）
OEMI2255
1157
17805
18-?
?
?
He belonged to Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
P00121
Appa Jalgaonkar
OEMI0162
71
1926
20
Jalgaon, Maharashtra
harmonium player
Veteran harmonium player
Balkrishna-bua Chikhalukar, Shabbu Khan
Siddiqi Manganiar
OEMI1986
976
1939
20
Jamphli, West Rajasthan
singer
Folk singer
family elders
folk
Sunderlal Gangani
OEMI2073
1031
?
Kathak dancer and teacher
Shivnarayan and Gauri Shankar
Nanhe Khan （Vocal, Kirana）
OEMI1451
723
?
?
vocalist?
Vocalist?
Kiraanaa
his father Shahab Khan
Daulatrao Scindia(Shinde)
?
OEMI0538
261
?
?
?
patron,
Patron and Maharaja of Gwalior state in Madhya Pradesh
Gwalior Khayaal
P00053
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
OEMI1187
600
Mumbai
1919
20
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
tabla player
Veteran tabla player
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Maharajapuram Santhanam
0520
OEMI1231
620
1928
20
Sirunangur,Tamil Nadu
vocalist
vocalist
Maharajapuram Viswanatha
Lalchand Yamla Jat
OEMI1180
593
1919
20
Lyallpur district, Punjab region
vocalist,
Vocalist of Punjabi folk music
Ajoy Sinha Roy
1201
OEMI0065
30
Kolkata
1920
20
?
sitar player
Sitar player
Asghar Ali
?
OEMI0186
81
Mumbai
?
?
?
Singer-actor of the pioneer Alfred Theatre of Mumbai
Gangadhar
OEMI0654
332
?
?
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
P00153
Hari Uppal
OEMI0807
411
1926
20
Patna, Bihar
Exponent of folk dances, especially of Bihar
P00160
Jani-miya
OEMI0919
462
vocalist
Eighteenth-century vocalist, particularly known for qavvaali
P00185
Minati Mishra
OEMI1322
671
1934
20
Cuttack,Orissa
Odissi danseuse and teacher
P00190
Nokot Khriam
OEMI1550
766
1944
20
Nongblai,Meghalaya
Maker of musical instruments
P05966
Ramani, N.
OEMI1746
874
1934
20
Tiruvanur, Tamil Nadu
Reputed flute player
his grandfather A. Narayanaswami Iyer, T.R. Mahalingam
Siddheshwar Sen
OEMI1984
976
Malwa, Rajasthan
20
Ujjjain, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste known for the theatrical form called Maach of Malwa, Rajasthan
Radha Kishan Guru
Zebanjan
OEMI2263
1160
Jhajjar, near Delhi
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Alladiya Khan (Sarangi, Biturwale)
?
OEMI0086
41
?
?
?
?
saarangi player
Noted saarangi player of Jind, Punjab
Radheshyam Sandilya
OEMI1673
843
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
P00094
Shivkumar Sharma
0113
OEMI1966
972973
Mumbai
1938
20
Jammu
Eminent santoor player
Kashmir Valley
Chitti Babu Naidu, B.
OEMI0498
243
?
?
Author of Key to Hindu Music, an early work in English by an Indian, on this topic
P00070
Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
1220
OEMI1502
733
1924
20
Indore,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
dhrupad vocalist
his father Nasiruddin Khan Dagar
dhrupad
Laisram Birendra Kumar Singh
0402
OEMI1153
586587
1921
20
Imphal, Manipur
musicologist
Author and musicologist with focus on folk music, Manipuri devotional music, and allied topics
a few teacher
Chintamani Mishra
OEMI0492
241
19
?
?
vocalist
Dhupad vocalist; lived during the first half of the 19th cent.
no raliable information
P00169
Kochukuttan Chakyar （Mozhikkulam）
0513
OEMI1086
560
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
1928
20
Kerala
Noted Koodiyaattam artiste of the Ammanur tradition
Yashwant-bua Thakurdas
?
OEMI2247
1153
?
19
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher,late 19th cent.
Bharata Chodamani
OEMI0344
158
?
?
Author of an old Tamil work Taala Samuttiram on taala
Lala Bhavanidas
OEMI1176
592
16
?
?
An early propagator of the 16th-cent. Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Jaawli pakhaawaj gharaanaa
Shankarlal Hiralal
OEMI1944
966
Mumbai
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist and a disc-record singer of 1900-10
Chandrasekharaiah, R.
0604
OEMI0441
221
1915
20
Mysore city,
vocalist, composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
P00212
Ramkumar Chatterji
OEMI1772
881
1920
20
Kolkata
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rajendralal Chatterji, Zamiruddin Khan
P00155
Himant Kumar Jamatia
OEMI0830
423
1954
20
Trishabari, Tripura
Singer of folk and tribal music of Tripura
Narayanrao （Baluaji） Joshi
OEMI1489
730
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
20
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher of the 1930s
Krishnarao Pandit
Asha Bhosle
0908
OEMI0187
8182
Mumbai
1933
20
Sangli,Maharashtra
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Chammubai
OEMI0427
214
Delhi
?
?
vocalist
Delhi-based vocalist
Hidayat Hussain, Mohammad Jan
Chiranjilal
OEMI0495
241
19
?
?
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
Devenacharya
?
OEMI0554
275
?
?
?
Author
Gurulugomi
OEMI0760
392
?
?
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
Jaisukhbai
OEMI0911
456
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
P00162
Kaibuaia, H.
OEMI0979
497
Mizoram
1919
20
Luangpawn, Mizoram
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Khushi Mohammad
OEMI1078
556
20
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
Matrugupta
?
OEMI1300
657
?
?
?
Scholar of music and poetics
Mukhtar Begum
?
OEMI1378
692
Lahore
?
Amritsar district,Punjab
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore
Fattu Khan
Pingle, B.A.
OEMI1624
811812
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
Sohrab Hossain
OEMI2009
991
1925
20
Nadia district, West Bengal
vocalist
Vocalist
Abbasuddin Ahmed （Bengali folk songs）
P00208
Thilagam,P.R.
?
OEMI2123
1078
1926
?
20
Tiruvarur,Tamil Nadu
?
Performer in Kuravanji dance dramas
grandmother Tiruvarur Kamalambal and Madurai Srirangam Iyengar in dance,and Ganesa Pillai in dance.
Sailabai
?
OEMI2226
915
?
20
?
Singer and dancer of early 20th-cent. Kolkata
Virabhadrayya （Melattur）
OEMI2178
1120
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
18
?
?
composer
Composer （18th cent.）
P00157
Indira P.P. Bora
OEMI0877
443
1949
20
Golaghat, Assam
Performer of Assamese Sattriya dance
Rosheswar Saikia Barbayan, Ghanakant Bora, Pradip Chaliha
P00083
Pagaldas Swami
0815
OEMI1569
781
1920
20
Majhauli,Davaria district,Uttar Pradesh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Swami Bhagwan Das,Baba Thakurdas,and Mohini Sharan
Sunanda Patnaik
1107
OEMI2064
10291030
1934
20
Cuttack, Orissa
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Vinayakrao Patwardhan, Omkarnath Thakur
Narayanaswami Iyer （Pudukottai）
OEMI2279
728
20
?
?
violinist
Violinist of early 20th cent.
Narayan Swami
OEMI1469
726727
Gwalior
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Bhatta Gopala
OEMI0355
168
11
?
?
Ancient writer on music quoted by the 11th-cent. autor
Rasol Beg
OEMI1805
892
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Sivakalundo
OEMI1999
987
Chennai
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s, and an early disc-record singer
Chinnayya Swami
OEMI0490
241
Kolhapur
?
?
vocalist
Violin player in the Kolhapur durbar sometime during 1900-20
Mirasi Rimju Ali
OEMI1326
672
19
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Jnanam(Tiruvarur)
OEMI0948
482
danseuse of Tiruvarur,Thanjavur district,Tamli Nadu
Hargovind Swami
OEMI0802
411
Januthar village, Bharatour region, Uttar Pradesh
Reputed contemporary artiste of Raas-leelaa performances
Afruddin Khan
?
OEMI0042
23
?
?
?
Qavvaali singer
Juma Khan
OEMI0965
490
?
?
rudra veena player
Rudra veena player employed in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar
Nirmal Shah Seni
Ghulam Raza Khan
OEMI0689
363
?
?
sitar player
Innovator of the Raazaakhaani-gat, a composition for string instruments like the sitar and sarod
Ghulam Mohammad Khan
OEMI0684
362
20
Lahore
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Umrao Khan
Jodhe Khan
OEMI0951
483
0.177
18
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Khurjaa gharaanaa
Khurjaa
Appukkutti Nattuvan
OEMI0166
7172
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist, a contemporary of Syaamaa Saastri （1762-1827）of the Karnnatik trinity
Jagannath Kumhar
OEMI0902
450
Mathia Gosain village,Raisen district,Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Folk singer,born in a family of folk artisites
his father
folk
Amara Ranatunga
0822
OEMI0098
46
?
1939
20
Sri Lanka
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Buddi Sani
?
OEMI0411
203
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Mid-19th-cent. vocalist
Balwantrao Vaidya
Jadhurama Devangan
OEMI0891
448
1926
20
Madhya Pradesh
Performer of Paandavani
Lal Rababi （Bhai）
OEMI1174
591
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1920s
Niranjan Kar
OEMI1537
762
1910
20
Deshpur, Kendrapada, Orissa
Singer of Paalaa keertan
Duryodhan Panda
Sanjida Khatun
0404
OEMI1869
937
1933
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
singer
Sohrab Hussain, Mastan Gama, Munshi Raisuddin, Husna Bano Khanam
Baldev Prasad Nayak
?
OEMI0273
112
?
Rajasthan
?
vocalist
Vocalist
P00012
Arunagiri Nathar
?
OEMI0176
76
Vijayanagar kingdom
?
15
?
?
Author of the celebrated 15th-cent
P00054
Balamurali Krishna,M.
07??
OEMI0267
110
1930
20
Sankaragupta region,Andhra Pradesh
vocalist,composer
Eminent vocalist and composer
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh

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