Ancient singers

Roman Catholic saint, martyr and patron saint of music

thumb|A citharede Terpander ( Terpandros), of Antissa in Lesbos, was a Greek poet and citharede who lived about the first half of the 7th century BC. He was the father of Greek music and through it, of lyric poetry, although his own poetical compositions were few and in extremely simple rhythms. He simplified rules of the modes of singing of other neighboring countries and islands and formed, out of these syncopated variants, a conceptual system. Though endowed with an inventive mind, and the commencer of a new era of music, he attempted no more than to systematize the musical styles that exis

thumb|A mural from the Ajanta Caves depicting a dancer. Nagarvadhu (also Nagaravadhu or Nagar Vadhu; Devanagari: नगरवधू; ) was a tradition followed in some parts of ancient India.

Sha-Amun-en-su () was an Egyptian priestess and singer who lived in Thebes during the first half of the 8th century B.C. She was responsible for ceremonial duties at the Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the god Amun. Sha-Amun-en-su was a Heset, i.e., a member of the foremost group of singers with ritualistic functions active in the temple of Amun. After her death, which is estimated to have occurred around the age of 50, the singer was mummified and placed in a sarcophagus made of stucco and polychrome wood. Since its sealing, more than 2,700 years ago, Sha-Amun-en-su's sarcophagus had never bee

Gautseshen (her name means 'bouquet of lotuses') was an ancient Egyptian priestess, the singer of Montu. She lived during the Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt.

ancient Roman dancer-actress and singer

thumb|Left lateral view of Meresamun's coffin generated on a Philips Brilliance v4 workstation by M. Vannier. Meresamun ("Amun Loves Her") was an ancient Egyptian singer-priestess in the inner sanctum at the temple in Karnak. Her mummy, which dates to ca. 800 BCE, was on exhibit at the Oriental Institute of Chicago Museum of the University of Chicago from February 10 to December 6, 2009. A special exhibition, “The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt,” opened in February 2009 and provides a personal look into Meresamun's life.

Rahonem () was an Egyptian musician. She was the director of the female singers and tabour (drum) players in her temple.

thumb|The painting Golden Valley Villa by [[Hua Yan, 1732, depicting Shi Chong listening to the music of Lüzhu, Shanghai Museum ]]