Aurelianus Reomensis (EN)

Aurelianus Reomensis, 9th century, OSB. He probably came from western France. He wrote an extensive treatise Musica disciplina, based on the views of Boethius, Cassiodorus, and Isidore of Seville, among others (Scriptores ecclesiastici de musica sacra potissimum, vol. 1, St. Blasien 1784 I; L.A. Gushee The “Musica disciplina” of Aurelian of Réomé, 2 vols., Yale 1963). This treatise contains, among other things, comments on choral practice and the relationship between words and music in choral music. Chapter 8 of the treatise, constituting one of the earliest sources of information on the eight ecclesiastical modes, corresponds to the text of a fragment attributed to Alcuin.

Literature: H. Riemann Geschichte der Musiktheorie im 9.–19. Jahrhundert, Berlin 2nd ed. 1921; G. Pietzsch Die Klassifikation der Musik von Boetius bis Ugolino von Orvieto, Halle 1929; E.L. Waeltner Die „Musica disciplina” des Aurelianus Reomensis, congress book, Cologne 1958; M. Huglo Les Tonnaires, Paris 1971; U. Pizzani Aureliano di Reome e la riscoperta del „De institutione musica” di Boezio, «Esercizi, arte, musica, spettacolo» II, 1979; M. Bernhard Textkritisches zu Aurelianus Reomensis, “Musica Disciplina” XL, 1986.