Bernart is often credited with being the most important influence on the development of the trouvère tradition in northern France, since he was well known there, his melodies were widely circulated, and the early composers of trouvère music seem to have imitated him.
Bernart considérase con frecuencia a influencia máis importante no desenvolvemento da tradición dos trobadores no norte de Francia, porque que alí o coñecían ben, as súas melodías circularon extensamente e os primeiros compositores en lingua de oil imitárono.