Notker Balbulus (jan 1, 840 – jan 1, 912)
Description:
literally "Notker the Sammerer;" The most famous early writer of sequence texts. Frankish monk of St. Gall monastery in Switzerland who explained learning to write words syllabically under long melismas. He appears to be describing the practice of writing new texts from existing sequence melodiesAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 840
jan 1, 912
~ 72 years