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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: Bill Alves

  Bill Alves is a composer and video artist engaged in the intersections of musical cultures, especially the gamelan music of Indonesia. He first studied the music of Java and Bali during a 1993-94 fellowship and is now the director of the HMC American Gamelan, a group that performs new compositions on Javanese instruments tuned to just intonation. His book Music of the Peoples of the World is now in its third edition from Cengage/Schirmer, and his recordings include The Terrain of Possibilities (EMF), Imbal-imbalan (Spectral Harmonies), and 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.