Notker the Stammerer

thumb| Notker the Stammerer (c. 840 – 6 April 912), also known as Notker Balbulus, and by various other soubriquets, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall active as a composer, poet and scholar. He is usually credited with two major works of the Carolingian period: the Liber Hymnorum, which includes an important collection of early musical sequences, and an early biography of Charlemagne, the Gesta Karoli Magni. His other works include a biography of Saint Gall known as the Vita Sancti Galli and a martyrology, among others. Quotes Cantemus cuncti melodum nunc, Alleluia ... The strain upraise of joy and praise, | Alleluia!To the glory of their KingShall the ransomed people sing, | Alleluia! Translated by J. M. Neale, in The Hymnal Noted, rev. ed. (1854); Mediaeval Hymns, 2nd ed. (1863); The Book of Praise (1863), no. 29 See John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907), vol. 1, p. 203, col. 2 Laudes Christo redempti voce modulemur supplici ... Praise to Christ, with suppliant voices,  Let His ransomed people sing:Let the world which now rejoices  Bless the Son of God, its King. Translated by R. F. Littledale, in Lyra Messianica (1864), p. 331; The People's Hymnal (1867), no. 116; Resurgit (1879), p. 42 Misattributed Media vita in morte sumus. In the midst of life we are in death. Erroneously attributed to Notker at a later date, this anonymous antiphon was more probably written about 750 in France. See Franz Kampers, "Notker", Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 11 (1913) External links "Notker Balbulus", Choral Public Domain Library (24 October 2022) Category:910s deaths