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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: Hilary Tann

From her childhood in the coal-mining valleys of South Wales, Hilary Tann (born 1947) developed the love of nature which has inspired all her music, whether written for performance in the United States (Adirondack Light for narrator and orchestra, for the Centennial of Adirondack State Park, 1992) or for her home in Wales (the celebratory overture, With the heather and small birds, commissioned by the 1994 Cardiff Festival). A deep interest in the music of Japan has led to study of the ancient Japanese vertical bamboo flute (the shakuhachi) from 1985 to 1991 and to a residency a... 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.