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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: Richard Derby

Born in 1951, Richard Derby received his Ph.D. degree in music composition from the University of California Santa Barbara in 1978, studying with Peter Racine Fricker. In 1977-78 he studied with Justin Connolly at the Royal College of Music in London on a Fulbright Fellowship. He has published an article on “Elliott Carter’s Duo for Violin and Piano” in Perspectives of New Music (Vol. 20 No. 1, 1981-82) and has been considerably influenced by Elliott Carter’s music. Derby has composed a number of orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works. Two early choral pieces ("To Everything There ... 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.