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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OEMI0487
Chinnayya
One of the four brothers of the Tanjore Quartet
1806
Tamil Nadu
1856
?
240
OEMI0500
Chokhamela
Poet of Marathi abhangs
?
0.1338
Mangalwedha, near Sangli, Maharashtra
243
P00141
OEMI0517
Damayanti Joshi
Kathak danseuse
1932
?
?
Lucknow Kathak
253
OEMI0520
Damodara
Author of the 16th-cent.
?
?
?
?
253
OEMI0521
Damodardas
Poet-devotee of Braja-bhoomi
1617
?
?
1647
?
?
253
OEMI0525
Dasari
Reputed naagaswaram exponent of the first half of the 19th cent
?
?
?
?
258
OEMI0526
Dasganu
Poet and singer of Marathi keertans
1868
?
?
1962
?
?
258
OEMI0529
Dasopant
Poet
1551
?
?
1616
?
?
259
OEMI0554
Devenacharya
Author
?
?
?
?
275
OEMI0577
Dholekar,A.S.
A pioneer in broacasting and allied media
1895
?
Mumbai
1969
05??
Mumbai
289
OEMI0580
Dhruvadasji
Devotional poet of Braja-bhoomi
1565
?
?
0.17
?
?
292
OEMI0582
Dilaram Mishra
Founder(c.17th cent.) of the Benares gharaanaa of vocal music.
Benares
?
?
?
?
Benares
295
OEMI0590
Diwaliben Bhil
Noted singer of Gujarati folk songs
Gujarati folk songs
1943
0602
Dalkhauia, Amreli district, Gujarat
299
P00026
OEMI0596
Doreswamy, R.N.
Noted veena player and teacher
1916
rudrapatna village, Hassan district, Karnataka
300301
OEMI0733
Gora Kumbhar
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Teradhoki
0.1267
?
?
0.1296
?
?
377
P00740
OEMI0737
Govind Ram
Veteran actor and author of nautanki plays of Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
?
?
380
OEMI0741
Govindamatya
Author
?
?
381
OEMI0760
Gurulugomi
Author of Sri Lankan medieval works
?
?
392
OEMI0799
Haren Ghosh
Impressario
1895
Bengal
1947
07??
Kolkata
410
OEMI0809
Hari Vallabh II
Author of a commentary on the Bhagavad Geetaa
?
?
411
OEMI0822
Hassan Imam
Dancer and teacher
1958
0701
Dhaka, Bangladesh
G.A. Mannan
418
OEMI0898
Jagaddhara
Scholar of the medieval period
449
OEMI0899
Jagadekamalla
Author of a noted Sanskrit work,Sangeeta Choodaamani
449
OEMI0914
Janabai
Poetess of Marathi abhangs
1350
461
OEMI0928
Jayadiva
poet,author of the Masterpiece Geet Govinda in Sanskrit
Kindubilvam(or Kenduli)village,Puri,Orissa
467
OEMI0929
Jayapa
Author of Nritta Ratnaavali,a 13th-cent
470
OEMI0953
John de Silva
Late 19th-cent. pioneer of Sri Lankan Noorti plays
?
?
487
OEMI0964
Joshi, G.N.
Eminent pioneer associated with the production of disc-records
1909
0406
Kalyan, near Mumbai
1994
0922
Mumbai
489
OEMI0970
Kabir
Saint-poet
0.1398
?
0.1518
?
492493
OEMI0971
Kabiram Sarma
Singer of Vyaasa Ojaapaali of Assam
1864
Saruthekerabari, Darrang district, Assam
1954
Saruthekerabari
Bhabiram Sarma,
493
OEMI1006
Kamalam
Danseuse of Tiruvarur
?
?
?
?
Muvvalur Sabhapati Iyer
508509
OEMI1010
Kanailal Dhendi
Reputed esraaj exponent
0.1861
?
Gaya
1901
?
Gaya
esraaj
Hanumandas Singh
513
OEMI1038
Kasyapa
Quoted as an authority on music
?
?
525
OEMI1060
Keskar, B.V.
Scholar of ancient Indian culture and statesman
1902
?
1984
0828
Nagpur, Maharashtra
541542
OEMI1078
Khushi Mohammad
Noted harmonium player of the 1930-50s
Amritsar, Punjab
?
Fayyaz Hussain Khan
556
OEMI1081
Kiron
Singer-actress of early 20th cent.
Kolkata
?
?
558
OEMI1085
Kittappa, S.G.
Well-known singer and actor of the Tamil stage
1906
Tamil Nadu
1933
?
Sankara Doss Swamikal
560
OEMI1089
Kohala
Generally believed to be the autor of a Sanskrit work, in verse, titled Sangeeta Meru, on drama and music
?
?
560561
P00173
OEMI1133
Kumkum Mohanty
contemporary Odissi danseuse
Cuttack,Orissa
579
P00174
OEMI1134
Kumudini Lakhia
Kathak danseuse
1935
Maharashtra
579
OEMI1148
Lachhu Maharaj
Kathak dancer
1901
0901
Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
1978
0719
Lucknow
585
OEMI1185
Lalit Mohinidev
Poet-devotee of Braja Pradesh
0.1727
?
0.1805
?
595
OEMI1192
Lalmohan Patra
Noted singer of Chhau dance-songs
Chhau
1908
?
Baripada,Mayurbhanj,Orissa
1989
?
?
600
OEMI1202
Lila,P.
Playback singer
1933
?
Chittoor,Kochi region,Kerala
2005
1029
Ernakulam district
606
OEMI1218
Madhavi Mudgal
Odissi danseuse
1951
?
Delhi
Harekrishna Behra and Kelucharan Mahapatra
613
P00182
OEMI1236
Maheswar Neog
author and researcher in music and fine arts
1918
Kamarphadiya Sibsagar district, Assam
1995
0913
Guwahati,Assam
621
OEMI1250
Malkajan Chulbulewali
singer-dancer
?
?
630
OEMI1273
Mankar
Noted Ojaapaali singer and poet of 16th-cent
Assam
?
?
?
?
643
OEMI1300
Matrugupta
Scholar of music and poetics
?
?
?
?
657
OEMI1314
Mirabai
Sixteenth-century saint-poet of legendary fame
0.1504
?
Kudki,near Merta,former Jodhpur state of Rajasthan
1546
?
?
663664
OEMI1320
Menaka
Kathak dancer
1899
1015
Barisal,now in Bangladesh
1947
0427
?
669
OEMI1331
Mirza-saheb
harmonium player
1875
?
1937
?
672
OEMI1347
Mohammad Ghous
music director
1910
Bangalore
1953
0321
Sri Lanka
Abdul Satar,Zande Khan
679
P01175
OEMI1354
Mohammad Rafi
singer of Hindi films
1924
1224
Kotta,Sultansingh,Punjab
1980
0830
Mumbai
680681
OEMI1355
Mohammad Reza
author
?
?
681
OEMI1356
Mohammad Sali
harmonium player
1930
0716
Colombo,Sri Lanka
1988
0413
Colombo
681
OEMI1364
Mohanlal
singer-actor
?
?
683
OEMI1432
Nagaridev
Sixteenth-century devotee-poet of Braja Pradesh
1547
?
?
?
?
715
OEMI1444
Nandadas
Saint-poet of Vrindavan
1545
Raopur village, Etah district, Uttar Pradesh
1595
Govardhan, Uttar Pradesh
721
OEMI1455
Nannu-miya
Well-known performer of dholak
?
?
723
OEMI1496
Narharidevji
Devotional poet of Vrindavan.
0.1587
?
?
0.1688
?
?
731
OEMI1520
Nayak Baiju
One of the finest singers of dhrupad of the 15th cent.
0.1465
?
Champaner village,North Gujarat
0.154
?
?
751
OEMI1527
Nazir, V.
Poet
1735
near Agra, Uttar Pradesh
1846
?
755
OEMI1535
Nilufar Yasmin
Singer, noted for Nazrul-geeti and some other forms of songs, presented on the Bangladesh radio, television, in films, and contests
1948
0213
Khulna, Bangkadesh
P.C. Gomes and some other
761
OEMI1590
Pannalal Ghosh
flute maestro
1911
0724
Barisal[now in Bangladesh]
1960
0420
Delhi
794
OEMI1602
Parsvadeva
author
?
?
799
OEMI1610
Patnaik, D.N.
Scholar of Odissi dance and other performing arts of Orissa
Cuttack, Orissa
1933
0201
?
805
OEMI1618
Perera, M.G.
Activist and author of early music books in Sinhalese
Petah
1875
1212
Colombo
1942
0419
?
807808
OEMI1642
Pratibha Devi
Music enthusiast from the Tagore family
1856
Jorasanko, Kolkata
1922
Kolkata
826
OEMI1666
Radha Krishna
poet,author
?
?
842
OEMI1668
Radhabai
singer-actress
?
?
842
OEMI1686
Ragini Devi
American danseuse
1896
Michigan,USA
?
857
P02700
OEMI1719
Ram Gopal
Reputed dancer who, like Uday Shankar, took Indian dances to many parts of the world
0.192
?
2003
1012
London
868
OEMI1720
Ram Joshi
Poet, writer of tamaashaa plays, and performer of Marathi keertan
0.1758
Solapur district, Maharashtra
1813
06??
?
868
OEMI1723
Ram Mohan Roy (Raja)
Early 19th-cent. reformer of Bengal
1772
0522
Hooghly district, Bengal
1833
0927
near Bristol England
868869
OEMI1741
Raman, C.V.
Nobel prize winner in physics (1930)
1888
1107
Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
1970
1121
Bangalore
872873
OEMI1762
Ramdas Guru
Fourth Guru of the Sikhs
?
?
878
OEMI1763
Ramdas Kamat
Well-known Marathi stage actor and singer
1931
0218
Goa
his father Dharma (Shantaram) Kamat
878
OEMI1771
Ramkumar Basak
pakhaawaj player
?
?
881
P02382
OEMI1773
Ramlal Bareth
Kathak dancer, teacher
?
1936
0306
?
Jailal Maharaj
881
OEMI1787
Ranade, J.L.
Marathi bhaav-geet singer
1905
0327
Ichalkaranji
1999
?
Moroba Gondhali
885886
OEMI1788
Ranadhir Roy
esraaj player
1944
?
1989
0324
Kolkata
886
P00242
OEMI1795
Rani
singer-actress
?
?
887
OEMI1797
Ranjana Devi
singer, teacher
1949
0117
?
Y.Gulap Singh, Ibemcha Devi, Y. Gambhini Devi
887888
OEMI1804
Rasikdev
poet-devotee
?
?
891892
P00085
OEMI1806
Rasolanbai
singer
1902
Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
1974
1215
Allahabad
892
OEMI1808
Rathiram Sarma
singer
1875
Salmara, Kamrup district, Assam
1933
Salmara
Baneswar Sarma
894
OEMI1815
Rekibuddin Ahmed
singer of jikir (also zikr), a variety of Islamic devotional songs found in Assam.
1940
Balihat, Golaghat district, Assam
Ramizuddin Ahmed
899
P02818
OEMI1816
Rohini Bhate
kathak danseuse
1924
Pune, Maharashtra
Sohan Lal , Munna Lal, Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, Lachhu Maharaj
901
OEMI1817
Ropram Katara
Priest and Raas-leelaa performer
?
?
901
OEMI1829
Ruth St. Denis
danseuse, choreographer
1879
0120
?
1968
0721
?
905906
P00215
OEMI1832
Sachin Shankar
dancer, choreographer
1924
0924
Benares, Uttar Pradesh
2005
Mumbai
908
OEMI1840
Sagara Daivajna
singer
Salmara village, near Pingalesvara, Kamrup district, Assam
19
?
910
OEMI1845
Sahir Sable
exponent of folk music and folk drama
1923
Pasarani, Maharashtra
914
OEMI1855
Salil Chowdhury
music director of films, mainly Hindi
1925
0914
West Bengal
1995
0905
Kolkata
917918
OEMI1871
Sankaradeva
Great Vaishnava saint of Assam who laid the foundations of the Sattriiya school of devotional music and dance.
1449
Alipukhuri Bardowa of the present Nagaon district, Assam
1568
Bhela Kakatkuta [near Madhupur] in the old state of Cooch-Behar, now part of Bengal
Kusumabara
939940
OEMI1877
Sanyal, A.N.
author, teacher
?
?
943
OEMI1879
Sarabhoji Ⅱ
Maharaja of Thanjavur
?
?
944
OEMI1892
Saroja, M.K.
Bharata Naatyam danseuse, film actress
1931
Chennnai
951
P02347
OEMI1894
Satish Bhatia
He has composed for films, plays, and other stage forms and also conducted orchestral and choral music for radio and other media
1929
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
952