ABSTRACT
This chapter examines four filmic representations of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of the most prevalent stories in popular medievalism. It considers the ways in which sacred and secular spaces are divided in several films based on this story from across the last century. Echoes of the a cappella heresy debate can be heard in many of these films. In charting developments to the musical scoring of Victor Hugo’s story, this chapter raises important questions pertaining to musical representations of space, place, and time.
