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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Simha Bhopala
OEMI1988
977
c.14-15
?
?
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
Trimohanlal
OEMI2135
1089
about 20
?
?
Pioneer artiste, writer, and producer of swaang and nautanki of the Kanpur style
Tulaja the Second
OEMI2138
1095
about 18
?
?
Maratha king of Thanjavur (r.1763-87)
Tulaja the First
OEMI2137
1095
about 18
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Appar
OEMI0164
71
7
?
?
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
Babu Khan (Tabla)
OEMI0224
93
1899
29
Delhi
Kolkata
tabla player
Tablaa player?
his mother
Majhiram Urav
OEMI2271
623
20?
Tilanga, Kohpani village, Raigarh district, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste
His grandmother. His Paternal uncles, Magraram, Thilleram, and Bunduram
P06123
Abdul Latif Khan
0322
OEMI0014
5
1934
2003
0423
20-21
Gohad,Bhand district,Madhya Pradesh
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Chhotu Khan and Udaya Khan and Sikandar Khan
Vilayat Khan
0820
OEMI2205
11291130
1927
2004
0312
20-21
Gouripur, Mymensingh district [now in Bangladesh]
Mumbai
sitar player
Highly acclaimed sitar maestro of the 20th cent.
his father Inayat Khan, his mother Bashiran Bibi, maternal uncle Zinda Hassan Khan, and maternal grandfather Bande Hossan Khan, his paternal uncle Wahid Khan, Dhruba Tara Joshi and Bimla Kanta Roy Choudhuri
P00014
Bismillah Khan
0521
OEMI0398
195196
Benares
1914
2006
0821
20-21
dumraon, near Bhojpur, Bihar
Benares
Shehnai wizard
Ali Bakhsh
P00120
Anil Biswas
0714
OEMI0144
61
Mumbai
1914
2003
0531
20-21
Barisal
Delhi
composer
Well-known composer of Hindi film music
Hindi film music
Saraswati Rane
OEMI1886
948
1916
2006
1010
20-21
Miraj, Maharashtra
Pune
vocalist
vocalist
Suresh-babu Mane, Hirabai Barodekar
Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
0302
OEMI1140
580
1935
2008
0908
20-21
Kunnakudi,Tamil Nadu
Chennai
violinist
violinist
Ramaswamy Sastri
Arun Kumar Sen
0606
OEMI0173
76
1928
2001
1214
20-21
Rajim town,Raipur district,Chhattisgarh
Mumbai
vocalist, educationist
Vocalist and educationist
Vishnu Krishna Joshi
Nala Najan
0628
OEMI1437
718
1932
2002
0107
20-21
Pennsylvania,USA
New York,USA
Performer
Vidur Mallick
OEMI2199
11261127
1936
2002
0721
20-21
Amta village, near Darbhanga, Bihar
?
vocalist
Dhrupad vocalist and teacher
Darbhanga Dhrupad gharaanaa
his father Sukhdev Mallick
Kedamangalam Sadanandan
OEMI1042
533
1924
2008
0413
20-21
Paravur,Ernakulam district,Kerala
Paravur
performer of Kathaa prasangam
P00193
Pankaj Charan Das
0317
OEMI1586
792793
1925
2003
0611
20-21
Orissa
Puri,Orissa
Odissi dancer
Veteran Odissi dancer and choreographer
Ratnaprava Mahari,
Kelucharan Mahapatra
0801
OEMI1044
537538
1926
2004
0407
20-21
Raghurajpur village,Puri district,Orissa
Bhubaneshwar,Orissa
dancer and guru
Bhanumathi, P.
0907
OEMI0343
157
1924
2005
1224
20-21
Doddavaram, Guntur district, Andhra
Chennai
Well-known singer-actress of Tamil, Telugu, and also a few Hindi films
her father Bommaraju Benkatasubbiah

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