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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: Eleonor Sandresky

Eleonor Sandresky writes music that Allan Kozinn of The New York Times decribes as “lovely, but enigmatic,” that TimeOut NY pronounces as having “ever-varying qualities of touch, register and intensity,” The Village Voice reports is "witty, liberating" and that Leonard Lehrman of AUFBAU hails as “beautiful.” Her work encompasses the acoustic, the electronic and the multi-media, including music for virtuoso soloists and large ensembles, cabaret, art songs, and evening-length collaborations. Her music was featured in the short film Fault, that opened at Cannes in May 2004. MTV periodically broa... Read more »

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MP3  Walk in my Shoes

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.