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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: Webster Young

Webster Young is the composer and librettist of five operas, including a two-act comic opera, The Wrong Party (1994) ; a pair of one-act operas based on the stories of Hemingway -- The Sun Also Rises and Madrid (1998) ; and a four-act romantic comedy based on his own story set in New York -- Stocks, Bonds, and Doggerel (2000). He recently completed a four act operatic version Shakespeare's As You Like It, the first opera version of As You Like It since Veracini's Rosalinda. Performances of his works are encouraged -- no royalty is asked in most cases -- only notification of performance ... 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.