Symphonie Fantastique Comic Strip
Music History Activity Sheet
Free
🎼 Free Comic Strip Activity: Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique🎨 Bring Romantic era music to life with this engaging and creative comic strip activity, designed especially for music history lessons!
What’s Included: ✨ 2-Page Printable Comic Strip
Page 1: Pre-filled with illustrations representing the five dramatic movements of Symphonie fantastique. Students describe each scene, capturing the story behind Berlioz’s groundbreaking work.
Page 2: A blank comic strip template where students can illustrate their own interpretation of Symphonie fantastique — or invent an entirely new musical adventure!
About Berlioz & Symphonie fantastique Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) was one of the most imaginative composers of the Romantic period, known for his vivid orchestration and bold storytelling through music. Symphonie fantastique (1830) is his most famous work — a five-movement program symphony that tells the wild, hallucinatory tale of an artist’s obsession, dreams, and nightmares. From the dreamy waltz of a ball to the haunting March to the Scaffold and the eerie Witches’ Sabbath, this piece is the ultimate Romantic musical drama!
Perfect For:
🎵 Middle and high school music history classes
🎵 Substitute plans and quick lesson extensions
🎵 Encouraging creative thinking and storyboarding in music analysis
🎵 Cross-curricular connections with art and literature
Format:
📥 Instant digital download (PDF)
🖨️ Print as many copies as you need for your classroom!
Inspire your students to see music as a story waiting to be told — one comic strip at a time!
