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: Randall Eng

Hailed as “one of the most brilliant young composers of his generation” (_New Music Connoisseur_), Randall Eng has devoted his career to mining the territory between opera, music-theatre, and jazz. His opera FLORIDA was given a workshop production at Lyric Opera Cleveland in 2006; reviews praised the score as “brilliant”, “captivating”, “luminous”, “thrilling”, “beguiling”, “haunting”, “delectable”, “a significant, snazzy work” (Donald Rosenberg, _Cleveland Plain Dealer_). FLORIDA was previously presented at New York City Opera’s VOX festival and the Public Theater’s NEW WORK NOW! festival. ... 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.