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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Upanishad Brahma Yogi
OEMI2150
1103
Sri Lanka
18
?
?
musician
Musician-philosopher
Vaasudevendra
Gunadasa Kapuge
0807
OEMI0758
387
Sri Lanka
1945
2003
0402
20-21
Miriswatta, Galle district, Sri Lanka
?
vocalist, composer
Sri Lankan singer and composer
Amaradeva,W.D.
1205
OEMI0100
46
Sri Lanka
1927
20
Koralavalla,Moratuva,Sri Lanka
violinist
Noted singer,music director,and violinist
Namakkal Narasimha Iyengar
OEMI1438
718
Srirangam
1836
1924
19-20
Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist
Well-known vocalist
Venkatasubba Iyer
Achyutappa Nayak
?
OEMI0036
17
Tamil Nadu
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Dhabakoti Ammal
?
OEMI0563
281
Tamil Nadu
1920
?
19-20
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai Ⅰ
?
OEMI1308
662
Tamil Nadu
1971
?
20
?
?
composer
Composer of Tamil songs
Dharmayya Ramasamayya
?
OEMI0569
285
Tamil Nadu
?
?
?
Eminent veena player and scholar
Kalyana Bharati
?
OEMI0996
506
Tamil Nadu
?
19
?
?
vocalist
Noted vocalist(19th cent.)
Srinivasulu
?
OEMI2032
1009
Tamil nadu
?
?
?
composer
Composer
Pallikurike Somanatha
OEMI1578
785
Telugu
13
?
?
author
Telugu author
Annamacharya (Tallapakam)
OEMI0150
64
Telugu
1408
1503
15-16
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Telugu composer (15th cent.) considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Kamakoti Sastri
?
OEMI1000
507
Telugu and Sanskrit
?
?
?
composer
Composer of kritis
Gora Kumbhar
?
OEMI0733
377
Teradhoki
0.1267
0.1296
?
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Challagali Krishnayyar
OEMI0424
213
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist and veena player who served in the durbar of the Maratha ruler Sivaji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
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)
Chandrarekha
OEMI0439
220
Thanjavur
?
?
The most privileged danseuse of the durbar of Thanjavur Maharaja Vijaya Raghava Nayak
Venkatamakhi
OEMI2189
11221123
Thanjavur
17
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur
musicologist
Outstanding musicologist of the 17th cent
Nothing authentic is known
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer
?
OEMI1222
618
Thanjavur
1844
1893
?
19
Vaiyacheri village,near Thanjavur town,Tamil Nadu
?
vocalist,composer
Legendary vocalist-composer of Thanjavur
Gopalayya (Pallavi)
OEMI0727
375
Thanjavur
?
?
vocalist
Prominent vocalist and veena player of the durbar of King Sarabhoji II of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Pachhimiriyam Adiappayya

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