Assistant Dean, Doctoral Studies; Music History Dr. Langford is a faculty member in the College for the following department(s) and division(s): Music History (College) Telephone  (212) 749-2802  xx4573 E-mail  jlangford@msmnyc.edu

Education: Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1978, in musicology Courses Taught: Undergraduate courses: History of the Symphony (one-year survey) History of Opera (one-year survey) Classic and Romantic music (one semester of core curriculum) Graduate courses: Mahler and His Contemporaries Beethoven The Operas of Verdi Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner: Music of the Future Mozart Special doctoral courses: Research Methods (music bibliography) Music History Pedagogy (college teaching methods) Interdisciplinary courses(with Humanities Dept.): Shakespeare and Music The Demonic in Music and Literature Recent Publications: Hector Berlioz: A Guide to Research. New York: Garland Press, 1989. “Poetic Prosody and Melodic Rhythm in Les Vêpres siciliennes.” Verdi Newsletter 23 (1996): 8-18. “The Byronic Berlioz: Harold en Italie and Beyond.” Journal of Musicology 16 (1997): 199-221. “The Symphonies.” In The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz. Ed. Peter Bloom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. “Bibliography.” In The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz. Ed. Peter Bloom. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. “Berlioz: The Works.” In Reader’s Guide to Music: History, Theory, and Criticism. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, forthcoming, 2000. “Byron’s Corsair as Verdi’s Hero.” Atti del Convegno Verdi 2001. Forthcoming. Recent Research and other Professional Activities: Program annotator for Lincoln Center Great Performers Series. (2001-2002) Preconcert and educational lectures for the New York Metropolitan Opera(2000-2002) Work on a book on the influence of Lord Byron on music and musicians of the nineteenth century. (2000-2002) Member Advisory Committee for centennial commemoration of the death of Verdi. (2001) Manhattan School of Music faculty since 1987.

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