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: Elise Kermani
Composer and multimedia artist Elise Kermani (http://ishtar.cdemusic.org) has created sound design for multimedia, dance and theater groups across New York and the United States since the mid 1980’s. Her work has been heard in venues such as Dance Theater Workshop, P.S. 122, Roulette, The Kitchen, Knitting Factory, The Texas Gallery, DiverseWorks Artspace, Cleveland Public Theater, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, and Madame Walker Theater in Indianapolis, Southern Theater in Minneapolis and several venues in Eastern Europe. Her music has been reviewed in the New York Times, the Village V...
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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.