Barbara Curialle

Barbara Curialle – Editor

Freelance editor living, working, playing piano, and running in the New York City area.

Overview

I have many years' experience as an in-house and freelance developmental editor, line editor, and copy editor for major educational and scholarly publishers. My goal in editing is to preserve each author's individual voice while fine-tuning consistency and overall structure for a clear outline and articulate final product that will engage readers.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs History Music Philosophy Political Science & Current Affairs
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Worth Publishers

Mar, 1990 — Feb, 1996 (almost 6 years)

Developmental Editor: Hired and supervised reviewers of "Listen" (3rd brief ed.) by Joseph Kerman; other duties included hiring music manuscript copyists; supervising music recording selections; hiring authors of student and instructor manuals and test bank.

Supplements Editor: Hired and supervised freelance writers and editors of supplements packages (including sound recordings) for college-level textbooks in music, U.S. history, and psychology: student and instructor manuals and test banks. Coordinated with parent-text editors to ensure consistency and quality from manuscripts to bound books.

Before 1990:

Cambridge University Press: Project Editor, "Interchange" series of textbooks and supplements in business English for ESL-speakers; supervised complex layouts of instructors' and student manuals, recordings, and illustrations from manuscripts to bound books.

Random House–McGraw-Hill: Project Editor: Supervised copy editing and production from manuscript to bound books; coordinated with design and production departments. Projects included college-level textbooks in TV news gathering, film, humanities, and social sciences.

Earlier positions:

Macmillan School Division: Chief Project Editor for middle-school (grades 7 and 8) music textbooks and instructor manuals; heavy editing of text, illustrations (photos and rendered art) and musical examples (written and recorded); and checking all proof stages. Also worked to clear permissions for non-public-domain music.

Macmillan Children's Trade Books: Copy editor of children's books from picture books to YA novels. Either copy edited or hired and supervised freelance copy editors. Also edited illustrations, both photos and rendered art and checked all proof stages.

Portfolio

From the publication in 1958 of his first book, The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures, the American writer John Updike attracted an international readership. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages. He had a strong following in the Un... read more
Alexis de Tocqueville famously identified the problem of democracy as the "tyranny of the majority," when the rule of the majority oppresses or marginalizes minorities and individuals. John Stuart Mill, perhaps more than any other liberal thinker, attempted to... read more
American soprano Bethany Beardslee rose to prominence in the postwar years, when the modernist sensibilities of European artists and thinkers were flooding American shores and challenging classical music audiences. With her light lyric voice, her musical intui... read more
Essays on ragtime music cover rhythm, instruction, novelty songs, influence on early country music, and the works of Scott Joplin, James Scott, and James P. Johnson
The ultimate resource for music theory teachers and pedagogy classes Featuring twenty-three essays by outstanding teacher-scholars on topics ranging from Schenkerian theory to gender, The Norton Guide to Teaching Music Theory covers every facet of music theory... read more
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Explores key themes in African music that have emerged in recent years-a subject usually neglected in country-by-country coverageemphasizes the contexts of musical performance-unlike studies that offer static interpretations isolated from other performing trad... read more
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the 1999 National Book Award for Nonfiction, finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Embracing Defeat is John W. Dower's brilliant examination of Japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath o... read more

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Peggy W.

Peggy W.

Mar, 2020

Barbara was professional, communicated well in our exchange, and we worked well together within our schedules to fulfill my needs. This was my first book; Barbara was patient. Her suggestions and support were valued. Along with her editing skills, I especially liked the fact that she honored my 'voice' in style and goals.

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