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: Jon Magnussen

Awarded the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ 1998 Martin E. Segal Award, composer Jon Magnussen is recognized as an exciting talent with an expressive and rhythmically sophisticated musical style. His music combines richly textured rhythmic and melodic patterns with a deft sense of form, rendering works at once emotionally appealing and intellectually stimulating. Uniting the acoustic and electronic worlds, Magnussen also creates computer interactive environments for live performers. Magnussen’s compositions span the disciplines of the concert hall, drama, and dance and have been rec... 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.