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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: Joshua Fried

Joshua Fried emerged from New York's downtown experimental music and East Village performance art scenes of the 1980s. Fried is known for turning technology on its head, challenging its assumptions, while using machines to accentuate the raw human qualities of live events that are unique to the moment. His work partakes equally of minimalism, the rhythmic experimentation of Nancarrow and his followers, sound collage techniques, performance art and popular dance rhythm. Fried developed HEADPHONE-DRIVEN PERFORMANCE whereby performers try to imitate vocal sounds that are played over headp... 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.