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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Venkata Kavi Othukadu
OEMI2184
1121
1700
1765
18
Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
Pooranur Natesa Bhagavatar
Ramshankar Bhattacharya
OEMI1779
884
1761
1853
18-19
Vishnupur
Vishnupur
composer
composer
Vishnupur gharaanaa of Bengal
Gadadhar Bhattacharya
Ananda Shankar
1202
OEMI0130
56
1942
1999
0326
20
Almora, Uttar Pradesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer
Sahachari Sukh
OEMI1843
911
17
?
?
composer
composer
P00247
Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar, V.V.
0721
OEMI2096
1045
1921
2002
0316
20-21
Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Pataka Sundaram Pillai
Morgaumkar Bhave
OEMI1367
686
Morgon village,near Pune,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Parshuram Shahir
OEMI1601
798799
1754
1844
18-19
Vavi,Nasik district,Maharashtra
?
composer
composer
Kshirabdi Sastri
OEMI1121
574
Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
19
?
?
composer
composer
Sivarama Yogi
Roprasik Devacharya
OEMI1818
902
16
?
?
composer
composer
Papavinasa Mudaliar
OEMI1595
795
?
?
composer
composer
Kshitrayya
OEMI1122
574575
1600
1680
17
Muvvapuri,Krishna district,Andhra
Varahur,Tamil Nadu
composer
composer
Mitradev Mahanta
OEMI1334
673
1894
1983
19-20
Letugram Sattra,Jorhat,Assam
Letugram Sattra
composer
composer
Harichandra Goswami,Niranjan Goswami
Sarangapani
OEMI1883
945
1680
1710
17-18
?
?
composer
composer
Mohan Chand Basu
?
OEMI1359
682
?
?
?
composer
composer
Mutthu Thandavar
OEMI1419
706
16
16
Sirkazhi,south of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu
?
composer
composer
Vaidiswarankoil
OEMI2157
1108
19
?
?
composer
composer
Bhringi
?
OEMI0365
183
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Kotiswara Iyer
OEMI1094
568
1869
1938
1021
19-20
Nandanur, Ramnad district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer
his maternal grandfather Kavi Kunjara Bharati, Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar, Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar
Kuvarpal Swami
OEMI1145
582
?
?
composer
composer
Srinivasulu
?
OEMI2032
1009
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Syama Sastri
0426
OEMI2098
1048
1762
1827
18-19
Tiruvarur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
composer
composer
his maternal uncle
Vaikunta Sastri
OEMI2159
1108
18-19
?
?
composer
composer
Virabhadrayya (Melattur)
OEMI2178
1120
Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
18
?
?
composer
Composer (18th cent.)
Kadigai Mokku Pulavar
OEMI0976
494
19
?
?
composer
Composer (19rh cent.) and Tamil scholar who sesrved the Ettayapuram ruler of his time
Kesavapalli Seturamayya
OEMI1049
540
19
?
?
composer
Composer (19th cent.) of Telugu keertana
Telugu keertana
Chinni Krishna Dasa
OEMI0491
241
19
?
?
composer
Composer (19th cent) of kritis and svarajaatis in Telugu
Vishnudas Nama
OEMI2211
1135
16
?
?
composer
Composer and performer of Marathi aakhyaan for some years after 1550
Lakshmikanta Maharaja
OEMI1166
591
?
?
composer
Composer and Sanskrit scholar of Andhra
Ghasiram
OEMI0673
356
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
singer
Composer and singer of Raas-leelaa songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Sonti Venkata Subbayya
?
OEMI2021
994
?
?
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
Venkitadri Swamigal
OEMI2195
1123
1806
1876
19
Allur, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
?
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist
Anandadasa
OEMI0131
56
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Kannanda javalis and performer of Harikatha
Kannanda javalis
Patnam Subrahmania Ayyar
OEMI1611
805
Thanjavur
1845
1902
19-20
?
Thanjavur
vocalist,composer
Composer and vocalist of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Melattur Ganapati Sastrigal, Venkatasubbayyar (Manambuchavadi)
Chinnaswami Dasar
OEMI0484
240
0.1828
0.1881
19
Kuttanur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Sanskrit and Tamil
Ramachandra Ata
OEMI1732
871
1687
1752
17-18
Narowa Sattra, Vasudeva Than, Assam
?
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
his father Ramaakaanta Aataa
Brajaranjana Deva
?
OEMI0405
201
1732
1787
?
18
Assam
Assam
composer
Composer of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya songs
Haraprasad Bandopadhyay
OEMI0797
410
Kolkata
1830
1899
19
Bengal
?
composer,rudra veena player
Composer of Bengali bhajans and an early rudra veena player of Kolkata
Ganganarayan Chattopadhyaya
Baladev Rath(Kavisuryya)
?
OEMI0263
109
1789
1848
?
18-19
?
?
composer
Composer of champu songs of Odissi music
Lalit Kishori Dev
OEMI1183
594595
1680
1770
17-18
Hathkauti, Bhadavar region, Uttar Pradesh
Vrindavan
composer
Composer of devotional sings of Vrindavan
Surdas Madanmohan
OEMI2080
1035
0.1537
1600
16
?
Vrindaavan, Uttar Pradesh
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Ayyaval
OEMI0209
90
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Giriraja Brahmam
OEMI0699
367
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional song
Chhita Swami
OEMI0462
235236
1514
1589
16
?
Punchhari, Rajasthan
composer
Composer of devotional songs
Govinda Swami
OEMI0740
381
1509
1589
16
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Bhadrachala Ramadas
OEMI0326
145
0.162
0.168
17
Nelakondapalle, Golkonda, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
Narasimha Dasa (Tumu)
OEMI1461
725726
1790
18-19
Andhra
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu
devotional songs in Telugu
Giriyappagaru
OEMI0703
368
?
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs in Telugu and Sanskrit
Telugu devotional songs
Pattabhiramayya (Tirupanandal)
OEMI1612
805
0.1863
19
Tirupanandal, near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of Jaavali songs
Krishna Kamal Goswami
OEMI1100
569
1810
1888
19
?
?
composer
Composer of jatraa songs of Bengal
Adiappayya(Pachhimiriyam)
?
OEMI0038
21
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Karnatik music,and guru of Syaamaa Saastri
Ramapati Bandopadhyaya
OEMI1749
874
1872
19
Chandrakona, Midnapore, Bengal
?
composer
Composer of kavigaan and some other forms of Bengali music
his father Gangabishnu
Venkata Subbayyar (Uttukkadu)
OEMI2186
11211122
0.17
1765
18
Uttukkaadu, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertanam in Tamil and Sanskrit
Nidamangalam Raja Bhagavatar
Ananta Bharati
OEMI0136
58
1845
1905
19-20
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
?
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
Pedda Dasari
OEMI1616
807
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
17
?
?
composer
Composer of keertans in Telugu and Sanskrit
Balakram Worlikar
?
OEMI0264
109
1930
2002
0419
20-21
?
Mumbai
composer
Composer of Koli fisherfolk songs
Kamakoti Sastri
?
OEMI1000
507
Telugu and Sanskrit
?
?
?
composer
Composer of kritis
Prabhakar Datar Sahir
OEMI1632
821
1755
1843
18-19
Gangapur, Nasik district, Maharashtra
?
composer
Composer of laavani and powaasaa in Marathi
Himangsu Dutta
OEMI0833
424425
1908
1944
20
Comilla, now in Bangladesh
Kolkata
composer
Composer of light classical Bengali songs, popularly called raaga-pradhaan songs
light classical Bengali song
Krishnadas (Poet-devoti)
OEMI1102
570
1500
15781585
16
Chilotra, Ahmedabad region, Gujarat
Chilotra
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs
Meghasyam
?
OEMI1316
666
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
1966
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Narayan Swami
OEMI1469
726727
Gwalior
?
?
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and some other varieties of devotional songs
Raas-leelaa songs
Dewan Raghunath
?
OEMI0562
280
?
?
?
composer
Composer of Syaamaa songs of Bengal
Ramalinga Swamigal
1005
OEMI1739
872
1823
1874
0130
19
Mrudur, Tamil Nadu
?[as per some documents]
composer
Composer of Tamil hymns, especially on Subrahmania
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai â… 
?
OEMI1308
662
Tamil Nadu
1971
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Gopalakrishna Yati
OEMI0725
375
?
?
composer
Composer of Telugu devotional songs
Telugu devotional songs
Arunachala Sastri
?
OEMI0175
76
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer of the post-1850 period remembered for his Sanskrit songs
Sivakkolundu Desikar (Kottaiyur)
OEMI2000
987
Kottaiyur village, Thanjavur
?
composer
Composer of the Tamil opera
Purushottam Thakur
OEMI1656
832
1561
1619
16-17
Patbausi, near Barpeta
Bhela, in the former state of Cooch-Behar
composer
Composer of traditional Vaishnava-Sattriiya music of Assam
Bhagwat Rasikdev
OEMI0331
148149
1742
18-19
Gadhakosh town, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Allahabad
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
Swami Lalit Mohinidev
Vitthal Vipuldev
OEMI2223
1139
16
17
16-17
?
?
composer
Composer of Vaishnava devotional songs
Swati Tirunal (Maharaja)
0416
OEMI2097
1045
1813
1846
1225
19
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
composer,patron,
composer, patron of the arts
Tanjore Subba Rao, Karamana Subrahmanya Bhagavatar, Nemom Natesa Bhagavatar
Abdul Salam
?
OEMI0017
6
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer,a contemporary of the famous Kazi Nazrul Islam(b.1899)
Walter Kaufmann
0401
OEMI2237
11441145
1907
1984
0908
20
Karlsbad,Germany
Bloomington,USA
composer
Composer,conductor,pianist,scholar,and author from Europe
in music from his uncle Moritz Kaufmann,and in composing from Fidelio F.Finke.
Kesava Pillai,K.C
OEMI1048
539540
1868
1913
0904
19-20
Kollam,Kerala
?
composer
composer,poet,scholar
Makulloluwa,W.B.
0217
OEMI1245
623
1922
1984
0908
20
Idamegama in Harispattuwa,Kandy,Sri Lanka
?
composer
composer,researcher,music educator
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
OEMI1573
782
Chennai
18
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
Dakshinamorti Sastri
?
OEMI0515
252
?
19
?
?
composer
Composer(19th cent.) of Telugu devotional songs
Ramakanta Ata
OEMI1738
872
1649
1717
17-18
Bali Sattra
in the present Vasudeva Than, on the banks of the Sowansiri, Lakhimpur district, Assam
Compser of Assamese Vaishnava-Sattriiya music
his father Daamodara Aataa
Radheshyam Sandilya
OEMI1673
843
Harda village,Hoshangabad district,Madhya Pradesh
?
musician
contemporary folk musician
contemporary folk
Urmila Singh
OEMI2151
1104
?
singer
Contemporary folk singer
Radhesharan Singh
folk
P00173
Kumkum Mohanty
OEMI1133
579
Cuttack,Orissa
contemporary Odissi danseuse
Ramsahai Pande
OEMI1778
884
Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
?
Contemporary performer of folk dances
P00088
Sabri Khan
0410
OEMI1831
908
1927
20
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
saarangi player
contemporary player of the saarangi
Haji Mohammad Khan, Chhajju Khan
Surujbai Khande
OEMI2086
10381039
Madhya Pradesh
?
singer
Contemporary singer of folk songs of Madhya Pradesh. Particulary bharthari, dholaa maaru, chandaini, alha, and Raam kissaa songs
Family, Jawaharlal Baghel and Pritam Pahadi
folk songs of Madhya Pradesh
Lionel Algama
0324
OEMI1204
607
Sri Lank
1935
20
Sri Lanka
musician
Contemporary Sri Lankan musician and teacher
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Nanda Malini
0823
OEMI1443
721
1943
20
Levvan Duva, Alutgama, Sri Lanka
singer, music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan singer and music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan
Kamalbai
?
OEMI1007
509
?
?
?
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Norbai
OEMI1555
767
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
Hira Bulbul
OEMI0834
431
Nepal
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the king of Nepal
Pannabai
OEMI1588
793794
18
?
?
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
P00214
Rukmini Devi Arundale
0229
OEMI1824
904
1904
1986
0224
20
Chennai
Chennai
dance exponent
Mahadeva Annavi
?
OEMI1225
619
?
?
?
Dance exponent of the durbar of Thanjavur
Muthuswami Nattuvanar
OEMI1416
706
?
?
Dance guru of Chennai
Mahadeva Nattuvanar
?
OEMI1226
619
?
19
?
?
Dance teacher(19th cent.)of Tamil Nadu
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury
OEMI0346
162
1930
2003
0804
20-21
Chennai
New York, USA
Dancer and choreographer
Kanaka Srinivasan
?
OEMI1012
513514
1947
20
Chennnai
Dancer and choreographer of Bharata Naatyam
Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai
Kelucharan Mahapatra
0801
OEMI1044
537538
1926
2004
0407
20-21
Raghurajpur village,Puri district,Orissa
Bhubaneshwar,Orissa
dancer and guru
Hassan Imam
0701
OEMI0822
418
1958
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dancer and teacher
G.A. Mannan
Gul Bardhan
OEMI0752
386
1928
20
Mumbai
Dancer of Manipuri, Chhaau, and some regional folk dances of Rajasthan and Gujarat
Shanti Bardhan, Maisnam Amubi Singh
Roshan Jamil
0508
OEMI1819
902
1931
2002
0314
20-21
Dhaka Bangladesh
Dhaka
dancer-actress,teacher

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