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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Baba Farid
OEMI0218
92
1200
1280
13
Delhi
Poet
Namdev
OEMI1439
718719
1270
1350
13-14
Pandharpur, Maharashtra
?
He was a contemporary of the celebrated saint-poet Jnaaneswar
Sopandev
?
OEMI2022
994
1277
1296
?
13
?
?
Poet of Marathi abhangs
Annamacharya (Tallapakam)
OEMI0150
64
Telugu
1408
1503
15-16
Tallapaka village,Cuddapah district, Andhra Pradesh
?
composer
Telugu composer (15th cent.) considered to be the pioneer of south Indian keertan
Narsinh Mehta
?
OEMI1498
732
1415
1481
?
15
Talaja, near Junagadh town,north Gujarat
?
Saint-poet of Gujarat
Sankaradeva
OEMI1871
939940
1449
1568
15-16
Alipukhuri Bardowa of the present Nagaon district, Assam
Bhela Kakatkuta [near Madhupur] in the old state of Cooch-Behar, now part of Bengal
Great Vaishnava saint of Assam who laid the foundations of the Sattriiya school of devotional music and dance.
Kusumabara
Mansingh Tomar
?
OEMI1286
645
1450
1517
?
15-16
?
?
?
Raya Ramananda
OEMI1813
897
1467
1525
15-16
?
?
composer
Oriya composer of devotional songs, mainly of the kaavya-geeti variety.
Kumbhandas
OEMI1132
578579
1472
1586
15-16
Jamuna Vatan,Rajasthan
Anyor,Sankarshan Kund,Govardhan region,Rajasthan
one of the eight poet-devotees(Ashtachhaap)of the Vaishnava Pushti Maargi sect
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
?
OEMI0421
208209
1486
1533
07??
15-16
Nabadwip,Bengal
Puri,Orissa
Founder of the Gaudiya Vaishnava sect
Madhavadeva
?
OEMI1217
613
Assam
1490
1597
?
15-16
Letekuphukuri in Narayanpur region,along the north bank of River Brahmaputra
Bhela Kakatkuta in the present Cooch-Behar region
Vaishnava saint-musician
Vaishnava saint-musician of Assam
Hariram Vyas
OEMI0817
415416
1492
0.1598
15-16
Orchha, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the river Betwa
?
vocalist
Noted story-teller and vocalist
Samokhan Singh (Maharaj)
OEMI1861
923
1495
1556
15-16
?
?
rudra veena player,vocalist
rudra veena player and singer of dhruvapada
Mardana (Bhai)
OEMI2273
650651
1496
0.154
15-16
Talwandi, old Punjab Province
?
rabaab player
Rabaab player, loyal accompanist of Guru Nanak, born in a Muslim family of folk musicians
Paramanandadas
OEMI1597
797
1497
1587
15-16
Kanauj,Uttar Pradesh
Surabhi Kund,Govardhan,Rajasthan
One of the eight poet-devotes(Ashtachhaap) of the Vaishnava Pushti Margi sect.
Nijaguna Sivayogi
OEMI1532
760
1500
16
?
?
composer
Author and composer of devotional songs
Krishnadas (Poet-devoti)
OEMI1102
570
1500
15781585
16
Chilotra, Ahmedabad region, Gujarat
Chilotra
composer
Composer of Raas-leelaa songs
Hitaharivans
OEMI0842
433
1506
1556
16
Baad, near Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
?
Devotional poet and propagator of the Sri Raadhaa Vallabh Vaishnava sect
Govinda Swami
OEMI0740
381
1509
1589
16
Bharatpur region, Rajasthan
?
composer
Composer of devotional songs
devotional songs
Chhita Swami
OEMI0462
235236
1514
1589
16
?
Punchhari, Rajasthan
composer
Composer of devotional songs

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