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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: Peter Homans

Born in Boston in 1955, Peter Homans received his B.A. degree from Harvard in 1973 and a master's degree in composition in 1979 from Columbia, having studied with George Edwards and Jack Beeson. He has lived in New York City since 1977. To date, much of his compositional output has consisted of vocal music. His choral pieces have been performed by the Gregg Smith Singers, the New York Treble Singers, the Lycoming College Choir, The Technik Choir (Bratislava) and the PSOU Ostrava Choir. In 2003 Homans won first prize in the Fifth Diana Barnhart American Song Competition. In both 2004 and 20... 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.