Women's choir

In Egypt, women's choirs were documented for singers in temples since the Middle Kingdom.

In Assyria and Palestine, women's choirs sang to honour a victorious king.

In nuns' monasteries, singing of women's choirs was regular in church services.

Hildegard von Bingen composed sacred plays with music for women's choir.

[1] Composers such as Giovanni Legrenzi, Johann Rosenmüller, Johann Adolph Hasse, Nicola Porpora, Baldassare Galuppi, Niccolò Jommelli, Domenico Cimarosa and Antonio Vivaldi wrote choral and instrumental compositions for these institutions.