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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: Larry Hoffman

Grammy nominee Larry Hoffman is an award-winning composer whose works have been performed throughout the United States and in Europe. While at the Peabody Conservatory he received grants from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard and the American Music Center. He was the recipient of Peabody’s Gustav Klemm Award and Otto Ortmann Prize for compositional excellence. During that time, his Music For Six Percussionists was a prizewinner in the National Percussive Arts Society Competition, and was subsequently published by Seesaw Music Publications in New York. He has enjoyed premieres and perfor... 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.