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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: Matt Carlson

I'm Matt Carlson and I'm a student composer in my senior year at Cornish College of the Arts. I was born in Seattle and have been living here my whole life. I've been writing original music since I was about 12 but have only been composing for 2 years. I consider myself a multi-instrumentalist, first getting training on bass before I taught myself drums and guitar, then going on to take lessons in classical and jazz piano as well as electronic music production and synthesis. I would say my main compositional influence is the American experimental tradition from Ives to Varese, Cowe... Read more ยป

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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.