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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Bhaiyya Ganpatrao
OEMI0337
153154
Rampur
1852
1920
19-20
Gwalior
Dhaulpur
harmonium player
Wizard of the harmonium, exponent of thumrii
Bande Ali Khan
thumrii
Narayana Iyengar, K.S.
OEMI1472
727
0.1905
1959
0111
20
Bhootapandi, Tamil Nadu
Bangalore
gottu vaadyam player
Veteran of the string instrument, gottu vaadyam
Kodaganallur Subbayya Bhagavatar, Sakharama Rao
Narayana Iyer
OEMI1473
727
19
?
?
ghatam player
Noted 19th-cent. performer of ghatam
P00192
Palladam Sanjiva Rao
1018
OEMI1577
784
1882
1962
19-20
Palladam,Coimbatore district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
flute player
Karnatik
P00099
Mahalingam,T.R.(Mali)
11??
OEMI1229
619620
1926
1986
0531
20
Thalainayar village,Thanjavur district,Tamil Nadu
?
flute player
A master of the flute
Ashesh Chandra Banerji
1216
OEMI0189
82
1920
20
Vishnupur,Bankura district,Bengal
esraaj player
Well-known esraaj player and teacher
Vishnupur
Imam Khan
OEMI0860
439
19
?
?
dholak player
Noted dholak player of the mid-19th cent.
P00180
Lourembam Tombi Devi
0915
OEMI1210
608
1901
?
20
Sagolband Nepra Menjor Leikai,Imphal
?
dancer, musician
Veteran of Manipuri dance and its music
Khomdon Sharma,Gourachandra Sharma,and Senjam Angouton Singh
Manipuri
Indrani Rahman
0919
OEMI0879
444
1930
1999
0207
20
Chennai
New York
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam and Odissi
her mother Ragini Devi, Mohini Aattam
Bharata Naatyam
Gajen Barua
OEMI0646
326
1915
1977
0120
20
Jamugurihat, Darrang district, Assam
Jamugurihat
dancer
Noted dance exponent
P00219
Shambhu Maharaj
OEMI1932
964
0.1907
1970
1104
20
?
Delhi
dancer
Veteran Kathak dancer, Padma Shri awardee
his paternal uncle Bindadin Maharaj and brother Achhan Maharaj
Kathak
Muthukumara Pillai
1027
OEMI1412
704
1874
1960
0822
19-20
Kattumannar Koil, near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Kattumannar Koil
dancer
Well-known dancer and guru of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
P00228
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
?
OEMI2046
1021
1926
20
Seraikella,Bihar
dancer
Noted dancer of Chhau of the Seraikella tradition
Minakshi Sundaram Pillai(Pandanallur)
0922
OEMI1310
662
1869
1952
10??
19-20
Pandanallur,near Kumbhakonam,Tamil Nadu
?
dancer
Well-known exponent of Bharata Naatyam
Bharata Naatyam
P00127
Astad Debo
0713
OEMI0196
84
1947
20
Kolkata
dancer
Well-known dance exponent
Bharati Sivaji
OEMI0345
161
?
dancer
Noted contemporary dancer
Lalita Sastri
Gauri
OEMI0660
346
19
?
?
dancer
Well-known danseuse of the late 19th-cent
Kannuswami Nattuvanar
Ellappa Mudaliar
?
OEMI0614
311
1908
1974
?
20
Kanchipuram
?
dancer
Veteran Bharata Naatyam teacher and dancer
Tiruvengada Mudaliar and Kandappa Pillai
Bharata Naatyam
P00188
Mylapore Gowri Amma
?
OEMI1422
707
0.1892
1971
06??
19-20
Chennai
Chennai
dancer
Noted dancer and teacher of Bharata Naatyam
Nallur Munuswamy Nattavanar, Chinnayya Naidu and her mother.
Kamalbai
?
OEMI1007
509
?
?
?
courtesan singer-dancer
Courtesan singer-dancer

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