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
Kamleshwari Devi
?
OEMI1009
510
?
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist,mainly sang thumriis
thumrii
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
Kempegauda
OEMI1045
538
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Khajurbai
OEMI1067
543
?
?
vocalist
Noted khayaal singer
khayaal
Khande Dasappa
OEMI1069
547
?
?
tabla player,mridangam player
Mridangam and tabla player of the durbar of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
Khwaja Bakhsh
OEMI1080
556
0.1836
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Kohala
OEMI1089
560561
?
?
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
P00173
Kumkum Mohanty
OEMI1133
579
Cuttack,Orissa
contemporary Odissi danseuse
Lalu Rababi
?
OEMI1193
601
?
?
?
rabaab player
An early rabaab player
Malkajan Chulbulewali
OEMI1250
630
?
?
singer-dancer
Manarang
?
OEMI1257
634
?
?
?
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
Manarang
khayaal
Mannabai
?
OEMI1277
643
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Matrugupta
?
OEMI1300
657
?
?
?
Scholar of music and poetics
Minapa
?
OEMI1311
662
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Mohammad Bakhsh
OEMI1345
679
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Mohammad Hussain
OEMI1348
679
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mohammad Reza
OEMI1355
681
?
?
author
Mohanlal
OEMI1364
683
?
?
singer-actor
Mukhtar Begum
?
OEMI1378
692
Lahore
?
Amritsar district,Punjab
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of Lahore
Fattu Khan
Nanhibai
OEMI1452
723
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Nannu-miya
OEMI1455
723
?
?
Well-known performer of dholak
Norbai
OEMI1555
767
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Parsvadeva
OEMI1602
799
?
?
author
Pingle, B.A.
OEMI1624
811812
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
Pitambardas
OEMI1626
812
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
Radha Krishna
OEMI1666
842
?
?
poet,author
Radhabai
OEMI1668
842
?
?
singer-actress
Raghuram Joshi
OEMI1684
857
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Rahimanbai
OEMI1689
857858
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Babu Ram Sahai
Ramdas Guru
OEMI1762
878
?
?
Fourth Guru of the Sikhs
P00242
Rani
OEMI1795
887
?
?
singer-actress
Ropram Katara
OEMI1817
901
?
?
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
Sagara Daivajna
OEMI1840
910
19
Salmara village, near Pingalesvara, Kamrup district, Assam
?
singer
Sanyal, A.N.
OEMI1877
943
?
?
author, teacher
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
OEMI1879
944
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur
Shamanna
OEMI1930
964
?
?
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar （r.1799-1868）
Shambhu Qavval
OEMI1934
964
?
?
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar （d. 1984）
Shankar Vaze
OEMI1942
966
?
?
Author of Marathi musical plays
Singhanadeva
OEMI1990
982
?
?
patron,
Royal patron of Devgiri, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra
Srijanbai
?
OEMI2027
1008
Lucknow
?
?
?
singer
Competent singer
Ghasit Khan
P00203
Subramaniam,L
?
OEMI2042
1012
?
violinist
Well-known violinist and composer
Tukaram （Sant）
OEMI2136
10941095
1598
1650
Dehu, near Pune, Maharashtra
Dehu
Saint-poet whose name is Synonymous with Marathi abhangs
Vasuki
OEMI2176
1118
?
?
Ancient authority
Vema Bhopala
OEMI2180
11201121
?
?
Author and Komati king of Kondaveedu, Andhra
Qutub-ud-Daula
?
OEMI2225
838839
?
?
?
sitar player
Sitar player, described as one of the sitar gurus of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Lucknow
Pyar Khan, Umrao Khan
Zohrabai
OEMI2268
1161
?
?
Singer
Abdul Karim Khan （Kiraanaa） and Abdul Wahid Khan
Mehbobjan
OEMI2276
666
Pune, Maharashtra
0.1898
1970
?
Solapur, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Tupelkhan Sitariya
Chinnayya （Tallapakam）
OEMI0488
240241
?
?
composer
Telugu composer of devotional music
devotional music
Krishna Iyengar （Madurai）
OEMI1098
569
Mumbai
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, noted for pallavi rendition
Balwantrao Pohre
?
OEMI0289
116
?
?
?
vocalist
Reputed Khayaal singer of the last quarter of the 19th cent
Inayat Hussain Khan
khayaal
Dewan Raghunath
?
OEMI0562
280
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
Girin Chakraborty
OEMI0697
366
?
?
singer
Folk singer
folk
Giriraja Brahmam
OEMI0699
367
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
Govinda Dikshitar
OEMI0738
380
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and statesman; author of Sangeeta Sudhaa
Imamuddin Dagar
OEMI0862
439
?
?
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer and teacher of the 1920s and 1930s
his father and other elders in the family, elder brother Nasiruddin
dhrupad
Krishnarao Date
OEMI1112
572
?
?
teacher, scholar
teacher and scholar of the Gwaalior style
Gwaalior
Lauji,Viswanath
?
OEMI1198
604
?
?
?
musician
Musician from Kaathiawar,Gujarat
Mohan Chand Basu
?
OEMI1359
682
?
?
?
composer
composer
Muthachar, T.N.
OEMI1407
703704
1993
?
?
vocalist, composer,
Vocalist, composer, and teacher
R.K. Ramanathan
Natarajan,A.K.C.
?
OEMI1509
739
?
?
?
clarinet player
Noted clarinet player
A.K.Chinnakrishnan
Shyamamani Devi
OEMI1979
975
Cuttack, Orissa
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Singhari Shyam Sunder Kar, Balakrishna Dash, and, Kundal Adinarayana Rao
Sinnayya （Ghanam）
OEMI1992
982
?
?
composer
Telugu composer of padam and keertana
padam and keertana
Baltazard, Solvyns
?
OEMI0283
115
Kolkata
1760
?
Antwerp,Belgium
?
European painter,
Balwant-bua Bapat
?
OEMI0284
115
19039
?
?
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Vasudev-bua Joshi(Gwalior gharaanaa),Kolhapur and Pune Gayan Samaj
Bhausaheb Guruji
?
OEMI0357
169
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Gwalior tradition
Gwalior
Nanubhaiya Telang
Birchandra Manikya
OEMI0389
194
?
?
patron,
King of Tripura, poet and a great patron of music and alied arts
Mirza Mahmod Ali
OEMI1330
672
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player,teacher
Narayan Swami
OEMI1469
726727
Gwalior
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Narayana Tirtha
OEMI1476
728
?
?
Playwright
Nor Khan(Jodhpur)
OEMI1553
766
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Bhatta Devacharya
OEMI0354
168
?
?
Devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
Gopalakrishna Yati
OEMI0725
375
?
?
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
Jankibai(Udaipur)
OEMI0921
463
vocalist,
Vocalist of Marwari songs
Maheswara Mahapatra
OEMI1237
621622
?
?
author
Munnan Khan(Rampur)
?
OEMI1387
695
?
?
?
saarangi player
Saarangi player
Rama Poduval N.P.
OEMI1731
870871
Alanalloor, Kerala
vocalist
Veteran singer of sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
his father Sankunni Poduval, famous Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
sopaana sangeetam of Kerala temples
Ramchandra Gosavi
OEMI1756
877
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbau of Bajirao Peshwa II
Janardhanrao Joshi
OEMI0918
462
Pakhaawaj player
Kunjari Raja(Guru)
OEMI1136
579
?
?
performer of svarabat
Narahari Chakravarti
OEMI1458
725
?
?
Singer, poet, and scholar of Bengal
Balkrishna-bua(Bade)
?
OEMI0278
112113
?
?
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist 19th-cent
Malkajan Agrewali
OEMI1249
629630
?
?
vocalist
Thumrii singer
thumrii
Parashuram-bua Barve
OEMI1599
798
?
?
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
Vishnupant Chhatre
Narayana Iyengar （Titte）
OEMI1470
727
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja, Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Chikka Subba Rao, Veena Seshanna
Akshay Chowdhury
?
OEMI0069
34
?
?
?
composer
Poet and composer of patriotic songs in Bengali
Bhringi
?
OEMI0365
183
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Day,C.R.
?
OEMI0539
261
?
?
?
Author
Giriraj Prasad
OEMI0698
366367
?
?
Performer of swaang
Giriyappagaru
OEMI0703
368
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
Guruyacharyulu
OEMI0764
392
Vijayanagaram, Andhra
?
?
vocalist, composer,veena player
Vocalist, composer, and veena exponent of the durbar of Vijayanagaram, Andhra
Haladhara Mishra
OEMI0785
400
?
?
Author of Sangeet Kalpalatika, a manuscript on music and dance
Hanuman Kattuck
OEMI0793
408
Jaipur
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist, based in Jaipur
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Jorawar Singh
OEMI0958
488
Gwalior
?
?
Noted mridang player of the Gwalior durbar of Maharaja Jankojirao Scindia
Sukhdev Singh, Narayan Prasad Agnihotri
P00170
Komik Khongjirem
OEMI1092
566
Meghalaya
?
?
musician
Folk musician of Meghalaya
Folk music
Krishna Bhamini
OEMI1095
569
0.1922
?
Kolkata
vocalist
Vocalist
Kuvarpal Swami
OEMI1145
582
?
?
composer
composer
Lebdev,G.S.
?
OEMI1201
606
?
?
?
writer
wrote the first modern Bengali play
modern Bengali play
Madhava Swami
?
OEMI1216
613
Allahabad
?
?
?
Pakhaawaj player
Manada Sundari
?
OEMI1256
634
Kolkata
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Bishwanath Rao

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