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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Syed Abdul Hadi
0701
OEMI2099
1049
1940
20-
Comilla,Bangladesh
Singer of light forms of music
Taranath Rao
0306
OEMI2107
1066
1915
1991
0110
20
Mangalore,Karnataka
Pune,Maharashtra
tabla player
Noted tabla player and teacher
Subbarao Ankolekar and Shamshuddin Khan
P00207
Tombi Singh
OEMI2133
1088
Imphal, Manipur
1905
Imphal region, Manipur
pung player
Veteran player of pung, the drum used in Manipuri dance; based in Imphal, Manipur
his father Y.Sanajaoba Singh, K. Koklei Singh, S. Themba Singh, and L. Kotrang Singh, etc...
Tulaja the First
OEMI2137
1095
about 18
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
P00239
Uday Shankar
1208
OEMI2142
11001101
1900
1977
0926
20
Udaipur
Kolkata
A legend in dance, a pioneer of modern Indian ballet
Anna Pavlova, Sankaran Namboodiri
Utpala Deva
OEMI2152
1104
11
?
?
Abhinava Gupta's parama-guru in Saiva theology.
Vadammal
OEMI2154
11061107
18
?
?
vocalist
vocalist
Vadiraja
OEMI2155
1107
15-16
Hoovinakere, Kundapurtaluk, Karnataka
?
author of dance-dramas and songs
Vadyanadha Iyer
OEMI2156
1107
20
?
?
singer
disc-record singer of south India
Vanasri Rao
OEMI2162
1112
20
?
?
kuuchipuudi danseuse
Venkatamakhi
OEMI2189
11221123
Thanjavur
17
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Nothing authentic is known
Wali Dakkani
?
OEMI2236
1144
1668
1742
?
17-18
?
?
Early Urdu poet
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.
Zainul Abedin
OEMI2259
1158
18
0.1887
18-19
in or around Lucknow
Hyderabad
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Zebanjan
OEMI2263
1160
Jhajjar, near Delhi
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of early 20th cent. She dang daadraa, ghazal, tappaa, and gavvaali
Majhiram Urav
OEMI2271
623
20?
Tilanga, Kohpani village, Raigarh district, Madhya Pradesh
Folk artiste
His grandmother. His Paternal uncles, Magraram, Thilleram, and Bunduram
Attor Krishna Prisharati
?
OEMI0202
87
1876
1964
?
19-20
Attur village,Kerala
?
Author of Sangeeta Chandrikaa
Bellari M. Venkatesachar
OEMI0322
135
Mysore
1933
20
Bellari, Karnataka
vocalist
Vocalist
his father Mundaragi Raghavendrachar, his elder brother Narasimha
P00020
Chittor Subrahmania Pillai
0622
OEMI0499
243
1898
1975
1018
19-20
Gollamachannapalli, Andhra Pradesh
?
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai
Himanta Kishore Deb Burman
OEMI0831
423
1918
1991
20
Agartala
Agartala
sitar player
Sitar player of Tripura

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