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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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
P00012
Begum Akhtar
0207
OEMI0318
132133
1914
1974
1030
20
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
vocalist
Celebrated vocalist
Abdul Wahid Khan, Ramzam Khan, Barkhat Ali, Imdad Khan, Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Ata Mohammad
Bhanumathi, P.
0907
OEMI0343
157
1924
2005
1224
20-21
Doddavaram, Guntur district, Andhra
Chennai
Well-known singer-actress of Tamil, Telugu, and also a few Hindi films
her father Bommaraju Benkatasubbiah
Bhoja Raja
?
OEMI0363
179
?
?
?
patron,
Ruler,patron,and writer
Bindijan
OEMI0385
193
1828
19
vocalist
Vocalist, particularly noted for toppaa
Mir Roshan Ali, Khadem Shafi
toppaa
P00135
Bipin Singh
0823
OEMI0388
193
1918
2000
0109
20
Silchar Singari village, Cachar district, Assam
Kolkata
Noted guru of Manipuri dance
Brhat Kasyapa
?
OEMI0408
201
?
?
?
Quoted as an author
Chaturlal
OEMI0450
226
0.1925
1965
1014
20
Udaipur
tabla player
Eminent tabla exponent
Ahmedjan Thirakwa
Chhaila Bhai
OEMI0456
230
?
?
Singer of light classical music
Chhota Rani
OEMI0465
236
?
?
Singer-actress of Bengali plays
Chunnabai
OEMI0505
245
19
1901
19
?
Pune, Maharashtra
vocalist
Vocalist
Bande Ali Khan
Curt Sachs
0129
OEMI0510
248
1881
1959
0205
19-20
Berlin
New York
musicologist
Well-known musicologist and author of works on instruments
Dasharathi Roy
?
OEMI0528
258259
1806
1857
?
19
Badhmuda,Burdwan district,Bengal
?
composer
Reputed composer of paanchaali,kavi-gaan,and other similar Bengali songs.
Dattibai
?
OEMI0533
259
?
20
?
?
vocalist
Early 20th-cent. vocalist.
Mughlu Khan
Deo Kavi
?
OEMI0548
266
1749
?
18
Etawah,Uttar Pradesh
?
Author
Devilal Samar
?
OEMI0559
278279
1911
1981
1203
20
Udaipur,Rajasthan
Mumbai
Promoter of Rajasthani folk arts
Uday Shankar
Dhir Ali-miya
0101
OEMI0572
286
1920
1984
1214
20
Mushiganj,Bangladesh
?
Flute player and music director
his uncle Sadiq Ali
P00144
Dhruba Ghosh
1025
OEMI0579
290
1957
20
Mumbai
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player
Delhi
Don Bastian, C.
OEMI0593
300
?
?
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Noorti plays of Sri Lanka
Eknath
?
OEMI0611
310
1548
1599
?
16
Paithan,Maharashtra
Paithan
Eminent saint-poet of Maharashtra

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