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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Gokhibai
OEMI0706
370371
0.182
187580
19
Punjab
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and dancer, sometimes mentioned as Gorkhibai
Bairam Khan
Gopal Gosai
OEMI0714
372
1869
1912
19-20
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
?
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
Gopalasambayya
OEMI0726
375
?
?
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
Gopalrao Joshi
OEMI0729
376
1897
1953
19-20
Pimpalgaon, Nashik district, Maharashtra
Nashik town
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Abdul Karim Khan, V.N.Bhatkhande, V.D.Paluskar
Govind Ram
OEMI0737
380
?
?
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Govindamatya
OEMI0741
381
?
?
Author
Govindprasad Gopaldas
OEMI0745
382
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
Gurulugomi
OEMI0760
392
?
?
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
Gwaria Baba
OEMI0765
395
1843
1938
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
near Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh
vocalist
Vocalist and ascetic
his father and Dandi Swaami
Haidar Khan Seni
OEMI0783
400
0.177
0.184
18
Banda, Madhya Pradesh
?
vocalist
A master of dhrupad and dhamaar
his father Jeevan Khan,
dhrupad,dhamaar
Hakani Bakhsh
OEMI0784
400
Jodhpu
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Hali
OEMI0786
401
1837
1914
0930
19-20
?
Panipat, Haryana
poet
Urdu poet of ghazals
Mirza Ghalib
ghazals
Hamidanbai
OEMI0790
401
19
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
Hamirji
OEMI0791
404
19
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
Haren Ghosh
OEMI0799
410
1895
1947
07??
19-20
Bengal
Kolkata
Impressario
Hari Vallabh II
OEMI0809
411
?
?
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
Hariram Vyas
OEMI0817
415416
1492
0.1598
15-16
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
?
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
Haure Gosai
OEMI0826
420
1795
18-19
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Imam Badi
OEMI0858
439
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the 1850s from Benares
Shadi Khan
Incha Baras
OEMI0874
442
?
?
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Jagaddhara
OEMI0898
449
Scholar of the medieval period
Jagadekamalla
OEMI0899
449
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
Jaisukhbai
OEMI0911
456
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
Janabai
OEMI0914
461
1350
14
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
Jatto
OEMI0925
465
vocalist
Vocalist
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
OEMI0926
467
Mysore
1919
1974
20
Mysore
?
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Jayadiva
OEMI0928
467
12
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Jayapa
OEMI0929
470
13
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
Jnan Khan Seni
OEMI0945
481
1745
1812
18-19
Jaipur
Lucknow
vocalist, rabaab player
vocalist and rabaab player
Gulab Khan Seni
John de Silva
OEMI0953
487
19
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
Joshi, D.K.
OEMI0962
488489
1860
1942
0717
19-20
Jamkhandi, Karnataka
?
teacher, scholar
Teacher and scholar
Kabir
OEMI0970
492493
0.1398
0.1518
14-15
?
?
Saint-poet
Kabiram Sarma
OEMI0971
493
1864
1954
19-20
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
Saruthekerabari
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
Bhabiram Sarma,
P00162
Kaibuaia, H.
OEMI0979
497
Mizoram
1919
20
Luangpawn, Mizoram
composer
Singer and composer of tribal folk music of Mizoram
tribal folk music
Kale Khan (Saras-piya)
OEMI0988
503
0.186
19
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the durbar of Lunvada, in North Gujarat
family
P00044
Kanthe Maharaj
OEMI1024
517
1888
1968
19-20
Benares
?
tabla player
tabla player
Baldev Sahari
Kasyapa
OEMI1038
525
?
?
Quoted as an authority on music
Kempegauda
OEMI1045
538
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
Keskar, B.V.
OEMI1060
541542
1902
1984
0828
20
?
Nagpur, Maharashtra
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
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
Khushi Mohammad
OEMI1078
556
20
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
Khwaja Bakhsh
OEMI1080
556
0.1836
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Atraauli gharaanaa
Atraauli
Kiron
OEMI1081
558
Kolkata
20
?
?
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kittappa, S.G.
OEMI1085
560
1906
1933
20
Tamil Nadu
?
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
Sankara Doss Swamikal
Kohala
OEMI1089
560561
?
?
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
Kolar Rajamma
OEMI1091
563
1910
1990
0404
20
?
Chennai
vocalist
Karnatik vocalist
Chittor Subramania Pillai
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
P00173
Kumkum Mohanty
OEMI1133
579
Cuttack,Orissa
contemporary Odissi danseuse
P00174
Kumudini Lakhia
OEMI1134
579
1935
20
Maharashtra
Kathak danseuse
Lahiri, S.N.
OEMI1151
586
Kolkata
20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lakshmideva
OEMI1165
590591
1780
1858
18-19
Bardowa, Assam
Bali Sattra
musician
Noted musician and dramatist
his father , Bhadradeva
Lalan Fakir
OEMI1177
592
0.1774
1891
18-19
Bhandra, Kustia district, Bengal
?
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
Lalan Prasad
OEMI1178
592
0.1856
1926
19-20
Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh
?
composer
Noted singer-composer of thumriis
Lalit Mohinidev
OEMI1185
595
0.1727
0.1805
18
?
?
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
P00182
Maheswar Neog
OEMI1236
621
1918
1995
0913
20
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
Guwahati,Assam
author and researcher in music and fine arts
Malkajan Chulbulewali
OEMI1250
630
?
?
singer-dancer
Mirashi-bua
OEMI1325
671
1883
1966
0105
19-20
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
?
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
Mirza-saheb
OEMI1331
672
1875
1937
19-20
?
?
harmonium player
Misra
OEMI1332
672
1890
19
?
?
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
Mitradev Mahanta
OEMI1334
673
1894
1983
19-20
Letugram Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Letugram Sattra
composer
composer
Harichandra Goswami,Niranjan Goswami
Mohammad Bakhsh
OEMI1345
679
?
?
saarangi player
saarangi player
Mohammad Ghous
OEMI1347
679
1910
1953
0321
20
Bangalore
Sri Lanka
music director
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
Mohammad Hussain
OEMI1348
679
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Mohammad Reza
OEMI1355
681
?
?
author
Mohanlal
OEMI1364
683
?
?
singer-actor
Nandadas
OEMI1444
721
1545
1595
16
Raopur village, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh
Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh
Saint-poet of Vrindavan
Nanhibai
OEMI1452
723
Jodhpur
?
?
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Nannu-miya
OEMI1455
723
?
?
Well-known performer of dholak
Narayana Iyer
OEMI1473
727
19
?
?
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
Nazir, V.
OEMI1527
755
1735
1846
18-19
near Agra, Uttar Pradesh
?
Poet
Nirmala Devi
OEMI1539
762
Mumbai
1996
0615
20
Benares
Mumbai
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Benares
Nityanandadeva
OEMI1544
764
Assamese
16051608
1650
17
Assam
Assam
composer
Noted compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriya songs
his elder brother Ramadeva
Norbai
OEMI1555
767
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Pahad Singh
OEMI1571
781
19
?
?
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
Jaawli
Pannabai
OEMI1588
793794
18
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
Parsvadeva
OEMI1602
799
?
?
author
Patthe Bapurao
OEMI1614
806
1868
1946
19-20
Sangli, Maharashtra
?
composer
Poet and composer of Marathi laavani songs performed in tamaashaa
Pingle, B.A.
OEMI1624
811812
?
?
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
Pitambardas
OEMI1626
812
?
?
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
Prajnanananda (Swami)
OEMI1637
825
Kolkata
1907
20
Prasadpur, Bengal
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Vedaanta
Pratibha Devi
OEMI1642
826
1856
1922
19-20
Jorasanko, Kolkata
Kolkata
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
Purandaradasa
OEMI1651
830831
0.1471
1564
0102
15-16
Purandaragad village
Hampi Karnataka
musician
Saint-musician, usually called the grandfather of present-day Karnatik music
Putli
OEMI1659
834
20
?
?
vocalist
vovalist
Putturaj Gawai
OEMI1662
834
1914
20
Dharwar district,Karnataka
vocalist
vocalist
Panchakshari Gawai
Pyara-saheb
OEMI1665
835
1850
1923
19-20
Lucknow
?
vocalist
vocalist
Radha Krishna
OEMI1666
842
?
?
poet,author
Radhabai
OEMI1668
842
?
?
singer-actress
Raghuram Joshi
OEMI1684
857
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Ragini Devi
OEMI1686
857
1896
19-20
Michigan,USA
?
American danseuse
Rahimanbai
OEMI1689
857858
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Babu Ram Sahai
Rajam, N.
OEMI1704
863
1938
20
Chennai
violinist
violinist
Narayana Iyer, Musiri Subramanya Iyer
Rajaram, S.
OEMI1707
864
1925
20
Mysore, Karnataka
teacher, composer
Teacher and composer
Rajeshwari Devi
OEMI1712
865
Benares
0.188
1940
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Benares
Ram Gopal
OEMI1719
868
0.192
2003
1012
20-21
?
London
Reputed dancer who, like Uday Shankar, took Indian dances to many parts of the world
Ram Joshi
OEMI1720
868
0.1758
1813
06??
18-19
Solapur district, Maharashtra
?
Poet, writer of tamaashaa plays, and performer of Marathi keertan
Ram Prasad Sen
OEMI1725
869870
0.1723
0.1783
18
Halisahar-Kumarhatta in Nadia [now in Bangladesh]
?
musician
Ascetic musician of 18th-cent. Bengal
Ramanna
OEMI1748
874
0.1855
1918
19-20
Hullahalli village, Andhra
Hullahalli
composer, performer
Veteran composer of jaavalis and performer of Harikathaa
jaavalis,Harikathaa
Ramaratnam, V.
OEMI1750
874875
1917
20
Chittor, Andhra Pradesh
vocalist, teacher, author
Vocalist, teacher, and author
D. Subbaramayya, Palghat Someswara Bhagavator, Mysore Vasudevacher, T. Chowdiah
Ramdas Guru
OEMI1762
878
?
?
Fourth Guru of the Sikhs

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