Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Asaph

Asaph. A musician of the tribe of Levi, in the age of David. Twelve psalms bear his name, but it is not generally thought he composed them. Probably he set them to music, or some of his descendants did, and called them by his name. Kings had their particular music and music masters; and Asaph was King David's music master. He taught the sweet singer of Israel.

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