Welcome

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: Richard Chiarappa

RICHARD CHIARAPPA is the founding music director of the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He was formerly the music director of the Bristol Symphony Orchestra from 1991-2002. Mr. Chiarappa is also the resident conductor of the summer Scholar-Athlete Games Orchestra, located in Kingston, RI on the University of Rhode Island campus. Chiarappa’s most recent composition is “The Gettysburg Address” for orchestra and narrator, composed in honor of the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial. Prior to that in 2008 Chiarappa wrote “Noah’s National Language,” a work for orchestra, chorus, narrator and act... Read more »

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.