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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OEMI1826
Rukminibai Tampuratti
composer
Princess-composer of the Travancore (Kerala) royal family.
1800
?
1838
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
905
OEMI2227
Vrindavan Devacharya
composer
Poet-composer of devotional songs.
?
?
?
?
11401141
P00104
OEMI0390
Birendra Kishore Roy Choudhury
patron,musician
Patron, musician, and author
1903
0715
Gouripur
1975
0703
Kolkata
194
OEMI0535
Dattopant Mangalwedhekar(Joshi)
reputed player of pakhaawaj
1905
?
Mangalwedha,Solapur district,Maharashtra
1987
1103
?
Pakhaawaj
260
OEMI1139
Kunjukrishna Poduval (Ambadi)
vocalist, composer
vocalist and composer
?
?
580
OEMI1310
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
1869
0922
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
1952
10??
?
662
OEMI0035
Achrekar,G.B.
musician
Musician and teacher
1885
?
Achre,Ratnagiri district,Maharashtra
1939
0603
Mumbai
17
OEMI0045
Aga Amir
vocalist,
Vocalist of Peshawar
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0047
Aga Shergul
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent
Pakistan
?
?
?
?
23
OEMI0059
Ahobal Pandit
author
Well-known author of Sangeet Paarijaat(16th cent.)
probably born near Benares
?
?
?
?
29
P00112
OEMI0064
Ajoy Chakrabarty
vocalist
Noted vocalist
Kolkata
1953
?
Kolkata
30
OEMI0066
Akbar (Emperor)
patron,
Mughal Emperor, great patron of the arts
1542
1123
Amarkot, Rajasthan
1605
?
Agra
3031
P00114
OEMI0072
Alarmel Valli
Bharata Naatyam dancer and teacher
1956
?
Chennai, Ttamil Nadu
36
OEMI0121
Ammakannu
vocalist
Vocalist
?
?
?
?
52
OEMI0127
Ananda Gajapati
Ruler of Vizianagaram, a
Andhra Pradesh
56
OEMI0136
Ananta Bharati
composer
Composer of keertans
keertan
1845
Umayalapuram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
1905
?
58
P00007
OEMI0151
Annapurna Devi
surbahar player
Well-known surbahar player and teacher
Mumbai
1927
Maihar, Madhya Pradesh
6465
OEMI0163
Appa Tulsi
Late 19th-cent. dhrupad singer and scholar
?
1920
?
71
OEMI0164
Appar
Seventh-century saint-poet of Tamil Nadu
?
?
71
OEMI0187
Asha Bhosle
singer
Celebrate singer of Hindi films
Hindi films
Mumbai
1933
0908
Sangli,Maharashtra
8182
P00127
OEMI0196
Astad Debo
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
1947
0713
Kolkata
84
OEMI0204
Augustus Willard
British author of A Treatise on the Music of Hindoostan(1834)
?
?
?
?
88
OEMI0218
Baba Farid
Poet
1200
1280
Delhi
92
OEMI0221
Babi Borkar (Baburao)
Noted harmonium player
1903
0318
Bari, Goa
?
9293
OEMI0228
Baburao Joshi
Author, with spesialization in Marathi drama and its music
1908
1231
Kolhapur, Maharashtra
1984
1111
Pune
94
OEMI0252
Bahinabai
Saint-Poetess
?
?
104
OEMI0295
Baneswar Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
0.1824
Assam
1914
Assam
118
OEMI0311
Basaveswara
Spiritual leader of the Veena Saiva movement of Karnataka
0.1139
Bagewadi, Bijasur district, Karnataka
0.1196
Kudala Sangama, Bagalkot district, Karnaraka
128129
OEMI0317
Baz Bahadur
musician
sixteenth-century musician and ruler of Mandu in Malwa, Rajasthan
152530
?
0.1594
?
131132
OEMI0323
Bha Ra Tambe
Well-known Marathi poet
1873
1027
Mungavali, near Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
1941
1207
?
144
OEMI0329
Bhagwan Nayak
Late 15th-cent. dhrupad singer
?
?
148
OEMI0330
Bhagwandas
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
?
1976
0414
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
148
OEMI0359
Bhava Bhatta
author
?
Dhavalpur,in Malwa,Rajasthan
?
?
169170
OEMI0378
Bimal Roy
musicologist
Reputed musicologist.
1911
0113
Kalia [now in Bangladesh]
1997
0411
Kolkata
191
OEMI0406
Brajendra Kishore Roy Choudhuri
patron,
Patron of Gouripur(now in Bangladesh)
1874
0421
Balihari,Rajsahi district,Bangladesh
1957
10??
?
201
OEMI0409
Brijinarain
Well-known propagator of musical activities
1917
0810
?
1995
0113
Mumbai
202
P00089
OEMI0417
Burman,S.D.
composer
Eminent composer of Hindi film music
1906
10??
Agartala,Tripura
1975
1031
Mumbai
205206
OEMI0428
Chanchal Sasi
composer
Sixteenth-century voclist and composer
?
?
214
OEMI0432
Chandidasa
Medieval poet whose works have influenced Bengali devotional music
?
?
215216
OEMI0461
Chhedilal
composer
Producer and writer-composer of nautanki musical plays of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during the 1920s-30s
?
?
235
OEMI0471
Chhoti Maina I
vocalist, dancer
Vocalist and dancer
?
?
237
OEMI0472
Chhoti Maina II
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
?
?
Benares
237
OEMI0473
Chhotibibi
tabla player
Mid-19th cent. female tabla player of the Lucknow durbar
Lucknow
?
?
Lucknow durbar
237
OEMI0487
Chinnayya
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
1806
Tamil Nadu
1856
?
240
OEMI0494
Chirag
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist of Punjjabi sings, mostly qavvaalis
qavvaal
Punjjabi
?
?
241
OEMI0495
Chiranjilal
writer
Writer and artiste of nautanki plays of late 19th cent.
nautanki plays
?
?
241
OEMI0496
Chitrabai
vocalist
Tappaa singer of Benares
tappaa
Benares
?
?
242
P00019
OEMI0497
Chitta Babu
veena player
Well-known veena player
1936
1013
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
243
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0523
Dandapani Disikar,M.M.
vocalist
Veteran singer of Tamil devotional music
Tamil devotional music
1908
0827
Tiruchengattangudi,near Nannilam,Tamil Nadu
1972
0626
?
254
OEMI0524
Dargahi Mishra
vocalist
Reputed vocalist and teacher of Benares
Benares
1849
?
Benares
1926
?
?
257
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI0526
Dasganu
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
1868
?
?
1962
?
?
258
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259
P00142
OEMI0530
Datar,D.K.
violinist
Noted violinist
1932
1014
based in Mumbai
259
OEMI0553
Deval,K.B.
musicologist
Musicologist
1847
0506
Sangli,Maharashtra
1931
0316
?
274275
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
OEMI0577
Dholekar,A.S.
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
1895
?
Mumbai
1969
05??
Mumbai
289
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0590
Diwaliben Bhil
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
1943
0602
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
299
P00026
OEMI0596
Doreswamy, R.N.
Noted veena player and teacher
1916
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
300301
OEMI0612
Eknath Pandit
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
1866
?
Gwalior
1950
0430
?
310311
OEMI0618
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
poet
Well-known Urdu poet
Delhi`s Lodhi area
1911
0213
Sialkot[now in Pakistan]
1984
1120
Lahore,Pakistan
316
OEMI0620
Fakruddin
vocalist,
Vocalist of Ajmer,Rahasthan
Rahasthan
?
?
?
?
316317
P00028
OEMI0635
Firoz Dastur
vocalist
Noted vocalist
1919
0930
Mumbai
2008
0509
Mumbai
320
OEMI0637
Fredilis,M.
musician
Musician-in-charge of the State Military Band of Baroda State
?
?
?
?
321322
OEMI0642
Gajanan Varma
writer, performer
writer and performer
1926
?
Ratangarh,Rajasthan
325
OEMI0672
Ghantasala
composer
Well-known singer-composer of south Indian films
1922
1214
Chautapelle, Andhra Pradesh
1974
?
?
355
OEMI0694
Giribala Dasi
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent
Kolkata
?
?
365
P00032
OEMI0695
Girija Devi
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Kolkata
1929
0508
Benares
365366
OEMI0714
Gopal Gosai
singer
Baaul singer
Baaul
1869
Shilaidaha, Kustia region, Bengal
1912
?
372
OEMI0726
Gopalasambayya
vocalist
Noted veena player and vocalist
?
?
375
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
P00740
OEMI0737
Govind Ram
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
380
OEMI0741
Govindamatya
Author
?
?
381
OEMI0745
Govindprasad Gopaldas
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th-cent,
?
?
382
P00151
OEMI0751
Gubbi Viranna
actor, singer
Celebrated singer-actor of the Kannada stage
1891
0124
Gubbi village, Mysore region
1972
1018
Bangalore
384
OEMI0758
Gunadasa Kapuge
vocalist, composer
Sri Lankan singer and composer
Sri Lanka
1945
0807
Miriswatta, Galle district, Sri Lanka
2003
0402
?
387
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI0784
Hakani Bakhsh
vocalist
Noted vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar of the late 19th cent.
Jodhpu
?
?
400
OEMI0790
Hamidanbai
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 19th cent.
?
?
401
OEMI0791
Hamirji
vocalist
Vocalist of the late 19th cent
?
?
404
OEMI0799
Haren Ghosh
Impressario
1895
Bengal
1947
07??
Kolkata
410
OEMI0809
Hari Vallabh II
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
?
?
411
OEMI0817
Hariram Vyas
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
1492
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
0.1598
?
415416
OEMI0826
Haure Gosai
singer-composer
Baaul singer-composer
Baaul
1795
Medtala. Burdwan district, Bengal
?
420
OEMI0874
Incha Baras
musician
Musician in the durbar of Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
?
?
442
OEMI0898
Jagaddhara
Scholar of the medieval period
449
OEMI0899
Jagadekamalla
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
449
OEMI0911
Jaisukhbai
vocalist
Khayaal singer
khayaal
456
OEMI0914
Janabai
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
1350
461
OEMI0925
Jatto
vocalist
Vocalist
465
OEMI0926
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
patron
The last Maharaja of Mysore, a patron and an ardent lover of the arts.
Mysore
1919
Mysore
1974
?
467
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487