News
12 March 2025 New
York Times article: "Inside the Detail-Obsessed, Essential World
of Music Editing" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/arts/music/classical-music-editing-publishing.html.
1 March 2024Elaine completed Portfolio Course at Bridge House Art in Ullapool https://www.bridgehouseart.co.uk/copy-of-student-3.
28 Sept 2023 Elaine retires
from Faber Music https://www.fabermusic.com/news/elaine-gould-to-retire-as-senior-music-editor-05012023.
20 Jun 2023 Scoring Notes: "'Behind Bars: General Conventions' edition published" Interview with Philip Rothman https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/behind-bars-general-conventions-edition-published/
12 Jun 2023 'Behind
Bars: General Conventions (Theory)' published ISBN 0571542840 https://www.fabermusic.com/shop/behind-bars-general-conventions-p462723
5 Jan 2023
Sales of 'Behind Bars' (English hardback version) surpass 15,000 copies
31 Mar 2022
Launch of Psappha's Commissions CD (https://www.psappha.com/psappha-commissions/) funded by royalties from 'Behind Bars'
20 Jan 2021
10th anniversary of publication: sales of 12,000 and 10th imprint
17 Jan 2020
Conference: Music Engraving in the 21st Century Developments and Perspectives, Mozarteum University Salzburg: Keynote speaker: Does everyone need high-quality engraving?
14 May 2019
10,000th copy of 'Behind Bars' sold (60% in the USA); ebook sales exceed 1,000 copies
30 Nov 2017
Music Engraving Tips: Interview with Elaine Gould: Part 1: Early Years at Faber: http://musicengravingtips.com/
25 Sept 2017
Sales exceed 7,500 copies
31 Aug 2017
eBook: over 370 copies sold in the first year (48% USA) and best selling Faber Music ebook
19 Aug 2016
eBook edition released: Kindle: https://www.amazon.co.uk/;
itunes/Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/; Scoring Notes blog (formerly Sibelius Blog): scoringnotes.com
June 2016
Worldwide sales total exceeds 6,000 copies
Dec 2015
USA sales reach 3,000 copies (out of a worldwide sales total of 5,500 copies)
Oct 2015
NMC Recordings: Blog: article by Elaine Gould: Notes from a New Music Editor: 'I sing through each line in my head' http://nmcrec.co.uk/; (pdf, 107kb)
June 2015
5,000 copies sold
May 2015
Contract signed for Chinese-language edition of 'Behind Bars' to be published by 2018 by Ginkgo (Beijing) Book Company Ltd (in preparation)
Dec 2014
over 4,000 copies sold
Oct 2014
German edition 'Hals über Kopf' published: see German
Oct 2013
Jonathan Harvey - a personal tribute: see http://www.jcos.co.uk/jonathan-harvey-personal-tribute/
July 2013
3,000th copy sold
2011
Classical Music Magazine (http://www.classicalmusicmagazine.org/)
Editor's Choice, Books of the Year 2011
Feb 2011
Music Matters, BBC Radio 3, Sat 19th Feb 2011, 12.15 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yqxj5
20 Jan 2011
'Behind Bars' published (pre-publication orders exceeded 500 copies) (cover price £65)