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The New Music USA Online Library is a vast and comprehensive digital database that contains over 57,000 works by more than 6,000 composers, and includes over 14,000 media samples (recordings and scores).

The Online Library was created by the American Music Center, and, after many evolutions, continues today under the guidance of New Music USA.

Artist Spotlight: Christopher Jentsch

Chris Jentsch is a Brooklyn-based composer, bandleader, and guitarist working primarily in jazz and contemporary improvisational forms. As a composer, he has been the recipient of grants or commissions from the Maelstrom Percussion Ensemble, the Penfield Commission Project, American Composers Forum (2), the Composers Assistance Program of the American Music Center (2), Meet the Composer, New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Ucross Foundation, and The Commission Project. Currently Jentsch is in production for a Jentsch Group Quartet recording: Fractured Pop. As a bandleader and s... Read more ยป

Please note: New Music USA does not maintain a physical collection of any kind. Any printed scores or manuscripts held by the American Music Center are now part of a special collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Please contact the Music Division for more information.