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: Moto Osada

Japanese composer Moto Osada’s music has been described as “individual and original” by the German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau and “beautiful and extremely strong” by the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Remarkable for its unique blend of harmonic textures, Mr. Osada’s music often draws on Japanese themes and traditional instruments to augment Western harmonies. It also frequently incorporates the latest in music technology ranging from electronic equipment to computer-generated sounds. Mr. Osada’s recent opera Four Nights of Dream, commissioned by the Internatio... 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.