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: Andrew Byrne

Andrew Byrne is a New York-based composer, who has written works for film, dance, theater, and the concert hall. His music, which always betrays a fascination with polyrhythm, is influenced by American experimental music and non-Western music traditions. Recent performances of his works include White Bone Country at MATA Festival in Brooklyn, Dragnet at John Zorn’s The Stone in New York; Cradle Song by Either/Or in New York, Lines Towards a New Century at Endgame Festival in Melbourne, When Worlds Collide (commissioned by Ethos Percussion Group and the Lark Quartet) at Scandinavia House in... 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.