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: Paula M. Kimper

Paula M. Kimper, b. 1956, is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and has been active in New York City for 30 years as a composer of opera, theater, dance, film and song. Ms. Kimper’s first opera, "Patience & Sarah," received its world premiere in Lincoln Center Festival '98, and was most recently produced in Oakland, California. "The Captivation of Eunice Williams," commissioned by the PVMA of Deerfield, MA, premiered in July 2004, and was most recently performed in Skopje, Macedonia, in an historic co-production of the Albanian National Theater Company and the Macedonian Philharmonic Or... 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.