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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: Justin Merritt

Composer Justin Merritt (bn.1975) was the youngest-ever winner of the ASCAP Foundation/Rudolph Nissim award in 2001 for Janus Mask for Orchestra. He is also the winner of the 2000 Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Competition Award for The Day Florestan Murdered Magister Raro. In addition his Ravening for string quartet was the winner of the 2001 Kuttner String Quartet Competition and runner-up for the 2001 Left Coast Competition, as was his 5 Preludes for Piano in the 2000 ASCAP Foundation Awards. Other works include music for orchestra, ballet, and opera. He has worked as composer an... 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.