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: Adrienne Albert

Long a collaborator with composers including Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, Gunther Schuller and Philip Glass, Adrienne Albert began composing her own music in the 1990s. Her concert works have been performed throughout the United States, Europe, Thailand, China, Mexico, South America and South Africa. An award-winning contemporary woman composer, Adrienne has received numerous commissions in addition to a National Endowment for the Arts grant. Her most recent commissions include "Three for Two", three movements for Contrabass flute and other flutes by Peter Sheridan (2010), an as-yet ... Read more ยป

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.