History of Paris flooded the church with light. This style, which later was named Gothic, was copied by other Paris churches: the Priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs, Saint-Pierre de Montmartre, and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and quickly spread to England and Germany. An even more ambitious building project, a new cathedral for Paris, was begun by bishop Maurice de Sully in about 1160, and it continued for two centuries. The first stone of the choir of the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris was laid in 1163, and the altar was consecrated in 1182. The façade was built between 1200 and 1225, and the two towers were built
Le Ménestrel it had two serious competitors, "Le Ménestrel" established in 1833 and Maurice Schlesinger's "Gazette Musicale" established in 1834. "Le Ménestrel" was founded by the Paris publisher Joseph-Hippolyte l'Henry, with the first edition (printed by Poussièlgue) appearing on 1 December 1833. In 1835, Schlesinger bought "La Revue Musicale" from Fétis and merged the two journals into "La Revue et gazette musicale de Paris". Until "La Revue et Gazette" ceased publication in 1880, "Le Ménestrel" was to be its main rival in terms of influence and breadth of coverage. E. D'Arlhac took over the directorship of "Le Ménestrel" in July 1835, but