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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Vaidyanatha Iyer (Thanjavur)
OEMI2158
1108
1895
1947
0413
19-20
Vaiyacheri, near Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
mridangam player
Doss Swamigal, Kannuswami Nattuvanar, K.Ponnayya Pillai, Subbayya Bhagavatar
Achyutappa Nayak
?
OEMI0036
17
Tamil Nadu
?
16
?
?
Sixteenth-century king of Thanjavur
Ananda Samarakon
0113
OEMI0129
56
1911
1962
0405
20
Vatarakka Liyanvala, Padukka, Colombo district, Sri Lanka
?
composer
Noted composer of light music, and creator of Sri Lanka's national anthem
light music
Annasami Sastri
0407
OEMI0154
65
1827
1900
0217
19
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
?
violinist,vocalist
Reputed vocalist and violinist
Chokkanatha Naik
OEMI0501
244
18
?
?
Ruler (r.1701-31) of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Ghulam Mohammad (Sarangi)
OEMI0682
361
?
?
saarangi player
Well-known saarangi player of the period of the Mughal Emperor Mohammad Shah Rangile
Ismail Khan-Bakhsh
OEMI0885
445
Jodhpu
?
?
vocalist
Vocalist of the Jodhpur durbar during the reign of Maharaja Takhat Singh
Kadigai Namasivaya Pulavar
OEMI0977
494
?
?
Author of the Tamil dance-drama
Kodandarama Ayyar
OEMI1087
560
18
?
?
musician
Musician (18th cent.) of Sirgazhi in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Lionel Edirisingha
0113
OEMI1205
607
1917
1988
0523
20
Galle,Sri Lanka
?
Eminent music educator of Sri Lanka
Muddu Venkatamakhi
?
OEMI1373
690
?
18
?
?
veena player,
Veena player(18th cent.)
Paidala Gurumorti Sastri
OEMI1573
782
Chennai
18
Kayatar village,Tirunelveli district,Tamil Nadu
?
composer,vocalist
composer,vocalist
Sonti Venkata Subbaya
Raghunatha Nayak
OEMI1683
857
?
?
Maharaja of Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu, who reigned during 1600-34
Ram Sarop Sharma
OEMI1727
870
?
?
Singer-actor of Raas-leelaa and Swang, both these being folk theatres of Uttar Pradesh
Sadashiv Narayan Thosar
OEMI1834
908
1882
1952
0317
19-20
?
?
writer
writer
Sidhar Khan Dhadi
OEMI1982
976
16
?
?
tabla player
Founder of the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
the Delhi tabla gharaanaa
Uttam Singh (Bhai)
OEMI2153
1104
19-20
?
?
Sabad keertan performer and teacher of Amritsar, Punjab.
Bhai Gurmukh Singh, Bhai Harsa Singh
P00072
Nissar Hussain Khan (Sahaswan)
0403
OEMI1542
764
1907
1993
0716
20
?
?
vocalist
Outstanding vocalist of yesteryears
his grandfather Haidar Khan
Anantarama Bhagavatar
1027
OEMI0140
58
1867
1919
19-20
Tondikulam, Palakkad, Kerala
?
vocalist
Reputed vocalist
Bhai Uttam Singh Hakim
OEMI0333
149
Amritsar, Punjab
20
?
?
vocalist,
Vocalist of the 1900s

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