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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: Daniel Colson

Composer, theorist, and double bassist Daniel Colson joined the music faculty at Humboldt State University in August of 2014.  Before that he lived in New York City, where he taught music theory and ear training at Hunter College, Queens College's Aaron Copland School of Music, and the Juilliard Pre-College Division.  Each summer he teaches at the Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar. Daniel began his musical studies at the dodecaphonically suggestive age of twelve.  Before then he had known only his great grandmother's ragtime piano and his uncle's j... 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.