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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: Jorge Martin

Born in Cuba in 1959, Martín settled in the U.S. in 1965 and has been a citizen since 1984. Educated at Yale College (BA) and Columbia University (DMA), he has received honors from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Cintas Foundation, the Bogliasco Foundation, the NEA, the Ditson Foundation; residencies at Yaddo, and awards from ASCAP, Meet the Composer, and the American Music Center. His one-act opera "Tobermory" won the National Opera Association's top prize in 1992 and has since been performed around the country. Besides operas (Before Night Falls, Beast and Superbeast), Martín c... 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.