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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Munneshwar Dayal
1107
OEMI1389
695
1908
1983
0510
20
Gaya district, Bihar
Gaya
Noted harmonium exponent
Gopibabu and Sohni Singh
P00152
Hanumandas Singh
OEMI0795
408409
0.184
1939
19-20
Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh
Gaya
vocalist
Khayaal singer and founder of the Gaya tradition of esraaj, a string instrument
khayaal
Ghasit Khan (Vocal)
OEMI0674
356
0.18
0.188
19
Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
vocalist
Noted dhrupad singer of the Fatehpur Sikri tradition
his father, Dulhe Khan. Haidar Khan
dhrupad
Bhagwandas
OEMI0330
148
1976
0414
20
?
Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
mridang player
Veteran player and teacer of mridang
Muthuswami Dikshitar
0324
OEMI1415
705706
1775
1835
1021
18-19
Tiruvarur,near Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu
Ettayapuram,Tirunelveli district,Thanjavur,TamilNadu
vocalist, composer
Youngest of the Karnatik music trinity of vocalist-composers.
Balaswami Dikshitar
0621
OEMI0272
112
1786
1858
0216
18-19
Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
Ettayapuram,Tamil Nadu
vocalist, violinist
Vocalist and the first violinist in south Indian music.
His father Raamaswaami and elder brother,Muthuswaami Diikshitar
Lila,P.
?
OEMI1202
606
1933
2005
1029
20-21
Chittoor,Kochi region,Kerala
Ernakulam district
Playback singer
Nariswar Sarma Barua
0112
OEMI1495
731
1911
1986
1011
20
Dipila,Darrang district,Assam
Dipila
teacher
Well-known teacher
his father Tapeswar Sarma and Chandrakantadeva Sarma
Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
OEMI0337
153154
Rampur
1852
1920
19-20
Gwalior
Dhaulpur
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
Bande Ali Khan
thumrii
P00031
Gangubai Hangal
?
OEMI0657
332
1913
2009
0719
20-21
Dharwar, Karnataka
Dharwar
vocalist
Well-known vocalist of yesteryears
her mother, Ambabai
Rahimat Khan
OEMI1690
858
1863
1954
19-20
Bhavnagar,Gujarat
Dharwad,Karnataka
sitar player
sitar player
Ghulam Hussain Khan
Prabhatdevji Sisodiya
1106
OEMI1634
822823
1882
1943
0125
19-20
Valsad district, South Gujarat
Dharampur, South Gujarat
rudra veena player
Noted rudra veena performer, teacher, and propagator
Devji-bua Paranjape
?
OEMI0560
279
0.1798
1878
?
18-19
Pune,Maharashtra
Dhar,Madhya Pradesh
vocalist
Well-known vocalist and teacher
Gadgil-bua
Kazi Nazrul Islam
0524
OEMI1041
532
1899
1976
0829
19-20
Churulia,Burdwan district,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesha
musician
poet-musician
Raja Hussain Khan
OEMI1696
861
1938
1989
0306
20
Bramhabaria
Dhaka,Bangladesh
violinist
violinist
Nayeb Ali Khan,Bahadur Khan,Khadim Hussain Khan,Akbar Khan
Mahmudunnabi
1216
OEMI1242
622
1941
1990
1220
20
Burdwan region,Bengal
Dhaka,Bangladesh
singer
Umar Khan
OEMI2146
1102
Kolkata
1982
0222
20
?
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sarod player
his father Sakhawat Hussain Khan
Abdul Gani Bayati
?
OEMI0007
2
1909
1978
0819
20
Nurullahpur,Barisal district,Bangladesh
Dhaka
composer
Singer and composer,especially of zari
Phuljhuri Khan
OEMI1622
809
1920
1982
20
Bramhanbaria, Bangladesh
Dhaka
tabla, esraaj player
Tabla and esraaj player
his paternal encles Aftabuddin Khan (in tabla) and Ayet Ali Khan (in esraaj)
Inayat Ali Khan
OEMI0867
440441
1790
0.1883
18-19
probably in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Dhaka
sarod player
A sarod pioneer
his father Hussain Ali Khan

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