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Notker the Stammerer ( c. 840 – 6 April 912), Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall,
Switzerland. He was active as a librarian, composer, poet and scholar. Notker made substantial contributions to both the music and literature of his medieval time.

-The life of Notker the Stammerer (latin: Balbulus) revolved around the Swiss monastery of Saint Gall where he received a refined education before being ordained as a monk.
According to Ekkehard, the Benedictine monk had a severe difficulty in articulating words. Despite this form of stuttering, he was highly appreciated by the Emperor Charles the Fat to the point that he became his occasional counselor.
Notker the Stammerer was highly fascinated by the world of sounds and cultivated the art of composition in conjunction with his monastic duties.