What Notre-Dame means to the French – and why tourists will keep coming to Paris

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A while ago, feeling a little frazzled after a rare late night, I went for an evening of sacred music at Notre-Dame, which yesterday was gutted by fire.

The 17th-century music was of a discordant, tuneless purity which, in films, announces the ravaging of nunneries – and would, on Monday evening, have been perfect accompaniment for the terrible power of the flames. One was aware, initially, only of the hardness of the seat. But gradually the sound swelled to fill the vast space, taking hold of me and generating a bracing beauty which spoke of the pain and complexities of faith.

 

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