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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: James Aikman

JAMES AIKMAN In addition to early piano lessons and a great public school music program, James Aikman credits his early experience in electronic music for helping him develop a strong sense for instrumental color that was a natural outgrowth of the rich palette of sounds discovered in the studio. Ironically, his first significant success was found in purely acoustic music. Aikman’s first Sonata for Violin and Piano was composed for the first prize laureate of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, Mihae... 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.