Berno of Reichenau, Augiensis, *ca. 970, †7 June 1048 Reichenau, author of writings on liturgy and music, OSB. Initially, he stayed at the Benedictine monastery in Prüm; in 1008, he became abbot of the monastery in Reichenau, from where he travelled to Rome several times: for the coronation of Henry II (1014) and Conrad II (1022), and in 1027.
In his writings, Berno of Reichenau drew on the views of Aurelian of Réôme, Hucbald and Regino of Prüm, among others.
Literature: W. Brambach Das Tonsystem und die Tonarten des christlichen Abendlandes im Mittelalter, mit einer Wiederherstellung der Musiktheorie Bernos, Leipzig 1881; H. Oesch Berno und Hermann von Reichenau ais Musiktheoretiker, «Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft» II 9, Bern 1961; A. Rausch Der Tonar des Berno von Reichenau und die Süddeutsche Tradition, «Musicologica Austriaca» XIV/XV, 1966; M. Huglo Les Tonaires, Paris 1971.
Treatises:
Musica seu Prologus in tonarium, also known as Musica Bernonis; Tonarius (copies of both works dating from the 13th century are held at the Jagiellonian Library)
De varia psalmorum atque cantuum modulatione
De consona tonorum diversitate
De instrumentis musicalibus (lost)
De regulis symphoniarum (lost)
the treatise De mensura monochordi is also attributed to him
Editions:
GerbS II, 62–124
Migne PL, CXLII.
