This optional, extra-credit lesson and assignment requires that the student watch and write a summary of a video documentary about the composer Hector Berlioz and his famous work “Symphonie Fantastique”. The French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was one of the great inventors in the romantic period. One of his most innovative works is the astonishing Symphonie fantastique (Fantastic Symphony), a five-movement program symphony which reflects his unrequited passion for the actress Harriet Smithson. Watch a video documentary on Berlioz and this work, by clicking on the following link: If you wish to receive extra-credit points for this optional assignment, please write a three-page summary of the program, including all of the presented topics, using 12-point font, standard margins, and double-spaced text. |