His name and monastic order is unknown; some of the introductions to the manuscript sources mention the names Herman, Johans, and Hanns and describe him as either Benedictine or Dominican. Despite this confusion, all the manuscripts that contain his works "agree that he was a learned monk who wrote sacred and secular songs".[2] His compositions overcome the Minnesang traditions and even approach recent polyphonic settings.
^Frenzel, Peter (2001). "Mönch von Salzburg, Der (fl. 2d half of the 14th c.)". In Jeep, John M. (ed.). Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. pp. 535–36.
^Franz Viktor Spechtler, "Monk of Salzburg,"Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 24 December 2011.