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: Daniel W. McCarthy

McCarthy's music," writes David Patrick Stearns of U.S.A. Today, "is intriguing, inviting, shimmering...with the vigor of pop music and the spontaneity of jazz." Donald Rosenberg of the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes his music as "Colorful, Infectious and touching --a virtuosic blast.” The Music Connoisseur proclaims his music to be “contemporary in the best sense of the word." 20th Century Music Magazine describes his work as “sassy and foreboding -- refreshing and kicky. It's called style," McCarthy’s wind ensemble, orchestra, chamber, and marimba/percussion music is standard reperto... 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.