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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OEMI1250
Malkajan Chulbulewali
singer-dancer
?
?
630
OEMI1257
Manarang
vocalist, composer
Vocalist and composer of khayaal
khayaal
?
?
?
?
Manarang
634
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1277
Mannabai
vocalist
Vocalist
Lucknow or Rampur
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1311
Minapa
singer,composer
Buddhist singer and composer
Kamarup,Assam
?
?
?
?
662
OEMI1314
Mirabai
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
0.1504
?
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
1546
?
?
663664
OEMI1316
Meghasyam
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs and plays
Mathura district,Uttar Pradesh
1904
?
?
1966
?
?
666
OEMI1320
Menaka
Kathak dancer
1899
1015
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
1947
0427
?
669
OEMI1325
Mirashi-bua
vocalist,actor-singer
vocalist,actor-singer
1883
Ichalkaranji,Maharashtra
1966
0105
?
671
OEMI1331
Mirza-saheb
harmonium player
1875
?
1937
?
672
OEMI1332
Misra
vocalist,dancer
vocalist,dancer
?
1890
?
672
OEMI1345
Mohammad Bakhsh
saarangi player
saarangi player
?
?
679
OEMI1348
Mohammad Hussain
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
679
P01175
OEMI1354
Mohammad Rafi
singer of Hindi films
1924
1224
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
1980
0830
Mumbai
680681
OEMI1355
Mohammad Reza
author
?
?
681
OEMI1356
Mohammad Sali
harmonium player
1930
0716
Colombo,Sri Lanka
1988
0413
Colombo
681
OEMI1364
Mohanlal
singer-actor
?
?
683
OEMI1432
Nagaridev
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
1547
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1443
Nanda Malini
singer, music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan singer and music director
Contemporary Sri Lankan
1943
0823
Levvan Duva, Alutgama, Sri Lanka
721
OEMI1444
Nandadas
Saint-poet of Vrindavan
1545
Raopur village, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh
1595
Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh
721
OEMI1452
Nanhibai
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. singer in the Jodhpur durbar
Jodhpur
?
?
723
OEMI1455
Nannu-miya
Well-known performer of dholak
?
?
723
P04625
OEMI1473
Narayana Iyer
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
?
?
727
OEMI1496
Narharidevji
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
0.1587
?
?
0.1688
?
?
731
OEMI1520
Nayak Baiju
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
0.1465
?
Champaner village,North Gujarat
0.154
?
?
751
OEMI1527
Nazir, V.
Poet
1735
near Agra, Uttar Pradesh
1846
?
755
OEMI1539
Nirmala Devi
vocalist
Vocalist of the Benares tradition
Mumbai
Benares
1996
0615
Mumbai
Benares
762
OEMI1555
Norbai
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer
?
Vrindavan,Yttar Pradesh
767
OEMI1571
Pahad Singh
pakhaawaj player
pakhaawaj player
?
?
Jaawli
781
OEMI1580
Paluskar,V.D.
vocalist, teacher
vocalist,teacher
1872
0818
Kurundwad,Maharashtra
1931
0821
Miraj,Maharashtra
786788
OEMI1588
Pannabai
courtesan singer
Courtesan-singer of the durbar of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile(r.1719-48)
?
?
793794
OEMI1590
Pannalal Ghosh
flute maestro
1911
0724
Barisal[now in Bangladesh]
1960
0420
Delhi
794
OEMI1602
Parsvadeva
author
?
?
799
OEMI1610
Patnaik, D.N.
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
0201
?
805
OEMI1614
Patthe Bapurao
composer
Poet and composer of Marathi laavani songs performed in tamaashaa
1868
Sangli, Maharashtra
1946
?
806
OEMI1618
Perera, M.G.
Activist and author of early music books in Sinhalese
Petah
1875
1212
Colombo
1942
0419
?
807808
OEMI1624
Pingle, B.A.
musicologist
Musicologist and author of History of Indian Music
?
?
811812
OEMI1626
Pitambardas
veena player, vocalist
Veena player and vocalist
?
?
812
P05988
OEMI1631
Prabha Atre
vocalist
Noted vocalist and teacher of the Kiraanaa tradition
Mumbai
1932
0913
Pune, Maharashtra
Kiraanaa
821
OEMI1637
Prajnanananda (Swami)
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and scholar of Vedaanta
Kolkata
1907
Prasadpur, Bengal
825
OEMI1642
Pratibha Devi
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
1856
Jorasanko, Kolkata
1922
Kolkata
826
OEMI1651
Purandaradasa
musician
Saint-musician, usually called the grandfather of present-day Karnatik music
0.1471
Purandaragad village
1564
0102
Hampi Karnataka
830831
OEMI1659
Putli
vocalist
vovalist
?
?
834
OEMI1665
Pyara-saheb
vocalist
vocalist
1850
Lucknow
1923
?
835
OEMI1666
Radha Krishna
poet,author
?
?
842
OEMI1668
Radhabai
singer-actress
?
?
842
OEMI1684
Raghuram Joshi
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
857
OEMI1686
Ragini Devi
American danseuse
1896
Michigan,USA
?
857
OEMI1707
Rajaram, S.
teacher, composer
Teacher and composer
1925
Mysore, Karnataka
864
P00236
OEMI1709
Rajaratnam Pillai, T.N.
naagaswaram player
Wizard of naagaswaram
1898
0827
Thirumarugal, Tamil Nadu
1956
1212
Chennai
864865
OEMI1712
Rajeshwari Devi
vocalist
Noted vocalist of Benares
Benares
0.188
?
1940
?
865
OEMI1716
Rajyeswar Mitra
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist
1917
0930
Agartala, Tripura
1995
0118
Kolkata
866867
P02700
OEMI1719
Ram Gopal
Reputed dancer who, like Uday Shankar, took Indian dances to many parts of the world
0.192
?
2003
1012
London
868
OEMI1720
Ram Joshi
Poet, writer of tamaashaa plays, and performer of Marathi keertan
0.1758
Solapur district, Maharashtra
1813
06??
?
868
OEMI1723
Ram Mohan Roy (Raja)
Early 19th-cent. reformer of Bengal
1772
0522
Hooghly district, Bengal
1833
0927
near Bristol England
868869
OEMI1725
Ram Prasad Sen
musician
Ascetic musician of 18th-cent. Bengal
0.1723
Halisahar-Kumarhatta in Nadia [now in Bangladesh]
0.1783
?
869870
OEMI1741
Raman, C.V.
Nobel prize winner in physics (1930)
1888
1107
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
1970
1121
Bangalore
872873
OEMI1748
Ramanna
composer, performer
Veteran composer of jaavalis and performer of Harikathaa
jaavalis,Harikathaa
0.1855
Hullahalli village, Andhra
1918
Hullahalli
874
OEMI1762
Ramdas Guru
Fourth Guru of the Sikhs
?
?
878
OEMI1771
Ramkumar Basak
pakhaawaj player
?
?
881
P00082
OEMI1777
Ramrao Naik
vocalist, teacher
vocalist, teacher
1909
Neeralagi, Savanur taluk, Karnataka
1998
1021
Bangalore
883884
OEMI1786
Ranade, G.H.
musicologist
musicologist
1897
1001
Sangli, Maharashtra
1966
0310
?
885
OEMI1788
Ranadhir Roy
esraaj player
1944
?
1989
0324
Kolkata
886
P00242
OEMI1795
Rani
singer-actress
?
?
887
OEMI1804
Rasikdev
poet-devotee
?
?
891892
P00085
OEMI1806
Rasolanbai
singer
1902
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
1974
1215
Allahabad
892
OEMI1817
Ropram Katara
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
?
?
901
OEMI1829
Ruth St. Denis
danseuse, choreographer
1879
0120
?
1968
0721
?
905906
P00215
OEMI1832
Sachin Shankar
dancer, choreographer
1924
0924
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
2005
Mumbai
908
OEMI1839
Saganbhau
composer
poet, composer
1778
Jejuri, Pune region, Maharashtra
1849
?
910
OEMI1840
Sagara Daivajna
singer
Salmara village, near Pingalesvara, Kamrup district, Assam
19
?
910
OEMI1845
Sahir Sable
exponent of folk music and folk drama
1923
Pasarani, Maharashtra
914
OEMI1846
Sai Ilyas
vocalist
vocalist
?
?
914
OEMI1855
Salil Chowdhury
music director of films, mainly Hindi
1925
0914
West Bengal
1995
0905
Kolkata
917918
OEMI1859
Sambayya
veena player
veena performer
?
?
922
OEMI1863
Samraj
composer
singer, composer
1613
?
1700
?
924
OEMI1866
Sanand Bapu
rudra veena player
rudra veena exponent and scholar
1904
?
1980
0617
Sanand, Gujarat
925
OEMI1877
Sanyal, A.N.
author, teacher
?
?
943
OEMI1879
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
Maharaja of Thanjavur
?
?
944
OEMI1882
Sarangadeva
musicologist
musicologist, author
?
?
944945
OEMI1883
Sarangapani
composer
composer
1680
?
1710
?
945
OEMI1891
Sarmad
poet
Mystic poet
?
1657
Delhi
950
OEMI1892
Saroja, M.K.
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
1931
Chennnai
951
P02347
OEMI1894
Satish Bhatia
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
1929
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
952
OEMI1899
Savta Mali
Poet of Marathi abhangs
0.125
?
0.1295
?
957
OEMI1905
Sayyed Mir Ali
vocalist
Well-known 19th-cent. vocalist of Lucknow
Lucknow
?
?
959
OEMI1908
Sena Nhavi
Devotional poet
?
?
961
OEMI1909
Serfubai
vocalist
Khayaal singer of 19th-cent. Lucknow
khayaal
Lucknow
?
?
961
OEMI1925
Shahu Maharaj
patron,
Well-known patron of the arts
?
?
963
OEMI1930
Shamanna
veena player,
Veena vidwaan - popular as Veena Shamanna - of the durbar of Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar (r.1799-1868)
?
?
964
OEMI1934
Shambhu Qavval
Qavvaali singer who usually sang with his brother Shankar (d. 1984)
?
?
964
OEMI1935
Shamim
vocalist
Vocalist of the early 20th cent.
Lucknow
?
?
964965
OEMI1942
Shankar Vaze
Author of Marathi musical plays
?
?
966
OEMI1964
Shiv Kumar Bai
vocalist
Vocalist, lived in early 20th-cent. Benares
Benares
?
?
972
OEMI1988
Simha Bhopala
musicologist
King and musicologist of medieval times
?
?
977
OEMI1990
Singhanadeva
patron,
Royal patron of Devgiri, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra
?
?
982
OEMI2014
Somaraja Deva
Author of Sangeeta Ratnaavalii, a 13th-dent.
?
?
992
OEMI2015
Someswara
patron,
Author and royal patron, quoted by Saarangadeva 13th cent., Saarada Tanaya, and Paarsvade
?
?
992
OEMI2018
Somnath Pandit
Author of Raaga Viboodha, written in 1609
?
?
993