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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Agat A.Sangma
?
OEMI0048
23
1945
20
Selbalgre,West Garo Hills,Meghalaya
vocalist, instrumentalist
Vocalist and instrumentalist
Arunachala Kavi
?
OEMI0174
76
1711
1788
?
18
Tillayandi,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
?
poet, composer
Well-known Tamil poet and composer
Ambalavana Kavirayar
Durga Prasad
OEMI0303
304
0.192
20
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
Noted Kathak dancer, also known as Pande Maharaj
his father, Sukhdev Maharaj,and later from Achchan Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj
Chinna Vaithi
OEMI0483
240
Mysore
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the durbar of Mysore Maharaja Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar
Gajen Barua
OEMI0646
326
1915
1977
0120
20
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
Jamugurihat
dancer
Noted dance exponent
Handel Manuel
0427
OEMI0792
407408
1918
1994
1022
20
Chennai
Chennai
Eminent pianist, organist, and conductor
Jaddanbai
OEMI0890
447
1900
1949
20
Chilbia village,near Allahabad
Mumbai
Noted thumrii and ghazal singer of her time,later a singer-actress in Hindi films of Mumbai;mother of the celebrated movie star Nargis.
Lalita Devi
OEMI1186
598
Benares
?
?
Noted thumti singer of Benares
Meruswami
OEMI1321
669
?
?
A pioneer of south Indian Harikathaa during the reigns of Maratha kings.
Harikathaa
Nawabjan
?
OEMI1519
751
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Ramamatya
OEMI1740
872
16
?
?
Author of Svara Mela Kalaanidhi, dated around 1550
Shubha Mudgal
OEMI1976
975
1959
20
Allahabad
vocalist
Well-known vocalist, recipient of the Padma Shri in 2000
Ramasray Jha, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Vasant Thakkar, Naina Devi, Jitendra Abhisheki, and Kumar Gandharva, Shubha
Syed Abdul Hadi
0701
OEMI2099
1049
1940
20-
Comilla,Bangladesh
Singer of light forms of music
Zainul Abedin
OEMI2259
1158
18
0.1887
18-19
in or around Lucknow
Hyderabad
vocalist, teacher
Vocalist and teacher
Sitaram-bua Phatarphekar
OEMI1998
986
0.191
20
near Phatarphe, Goa
vocalist
Vocalist
the Agra gharaanaa
Parshuram-bua Parsekar, Yashwantrao Lolekar, and Vilayat Hussain Khan
Isak Salom Awaskar
OEMI0881
445
1856
1910
19-20
Awas village, near Mumbai
Mumbai
Poet and keertankaar of Jewish devotional themes in Marathi
Pashupati Sevak Mishra
OEMI1609
801
Benares
?
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist of the Mishra Lineage of Benares
Akbar Allahabadi
1116
OEMI0067
31
1864
1921
0909
19
?
Allahabad
Noted Urdu poet of grazals and such other forms
Kuloi Chandra Sen
OEMI1127
578
19
?
?
musician
musician
Shaukat Ara Islam
1227
OEMI1955
969
1939
20
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Singer of ghazals and Nazrul-geeti

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