Contemporary Music Documentation Center   Research lines   1.   DATABASES ON CONTEMPORARY BRAZILIAN MUSIC. Collection of information and development, updating and maintenance of databases on contemporary music in Brazil: composers, repertoire of works, performers, conductors, chamber groups , orchestras, festivals, theaters and auditoriums, researchers, critics and journalists, music publishers, educational entities, support entities, creation and research studios. (BRAZIL & FOREIGN): cultural radios, music information centers, festivals and event promoters. Databases published every two years: MUSICON - Guia da Musica Contemporanea Brasileira and made available on our website. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1992).   2.   Research and collection of documentation and creation of collections. Collection of data, repertoire, bibliography, discography and scores and creation of collections. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1996).   3.   MUSICAL CREATION. It precedes the musical composition. Research of sound/musical material; material treatment; creation of blocks and/or patterns; improvisation; observation/analysis of improvisation; redefining blocks/patterns and identifying elements leading to musical ideas, musical principles and musical procedures that constitute the composition; organization of elements; preparation of the work. This procedure of research and generation of work applies to many cases of creation: whether for *pure music* or *music in relation to other media*. The sub-lines of research address this differentiation. A fundamental characteristic of musical creation is the constant movement in the cycle *Chance - Observation - Analysis - Formulation - Destruction* or in the attitudes *Rational - Irrational*, *Raz - Intuition*, *Continuity-Discontinuity*. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1989).   4.   MUSICAL COMPOSITION. Creation of musical works for solo instrument, ensembles of instruments, orchestras and other instrumental and vocal formations. It also includes works on technological support (electroacoustic music - on magnetic tape; computer music - on various digital information recording devices, as well as music generated live through of algorithms and/or programs (simulation, etc.)). (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1989).   5.   MUSICAL COMPOSITION WITH OTHER MEDIUMS. Musical composition in interaction with other media. *Applied* music or music created in conjunction with other languages ​​in different supports. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1989).   6.   Standards and methodologies for cataloging musical documentation. Research and develop systems, methods and procedures for cataloging musical documentation. (Approved by the Department/Scientific Council in 1998).