While the Division contains many scores and manuscripts from centuries past, its curatorial mandate is an activist one, placing major emphasis on capturing creative output of contemporary composers. A vital center for music scholars and students, the Music Division also serves the needs of a broad professional constituency. Resources available for study free of charge include printed books, scores, periodicals, clippings, programs, correspondence, music manuscripts, and sheet music. The exhibition Music for the Cinema is on view in the Music Division Reading Room on the Third Floor of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts from May 28 through September 27. The Library is open Monday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. and Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is located at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza.
Admission is free.
The Library also gratefully acknowledges the leadership support of Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman. Additional support for programs and exhibitions has been provided by the Miriam and Harold Steinberg Foundation.