Catalogue of the sacred art pieces by Cesário Mendes de Cerqueira at Our Lady of Sorrows Musical Corporation in Itapecerica (MG)
Cesário Mendes – Musical Corporation Our Lady of Sorrows in Itapecerica – Sacred Work – Catalogue.
This research aims to produce a catalogue of the sacred art pieces of Cesário Mendes de Cerqueira (1896-1981) at the Musical Corporation Our Lady of Sorrows, in Itapecerica (MG), based on the principles coming from modern archival theories. The documentary volume that has been amassed in Brazilian musical corporations archives for centuries is huge. In this sense, a vast music graphic and musical iconographic documentary heritage emerges, revealing an expressive cultural capital in Brazil and, more specifically, in Minas Gerais. In this context, there is the Musical Corporation Our Lady of Sorrows in Itapecerica and its collection, in which one can find works of composer and professor Cesário Mendes, a collection that has approximately 400 compositions. In this scope, the sacred works stand out, and the proposal to elaborate a catalogue offers possibilities of new research works, providing access to researchers and generating new perspectives in this branch of knowledge. In turn, it is urgent to have the basic concepts of "Document Management" applied to the collection of such institution. In this context, the lack of knowledge on the subject, at times widespread among music bands, puts at risk principles establishing the identity of a document together with its producer organ, ensuring thus an individuality in the organic set which this document is part of. It is in this sense that archival science establishes guidelines for both the ordering and the preservation of documents with proper management, ensuring their present and future informational potential. The set of works of Cesário Mendes, which goes from sacred to profane, represents important and significant part for the history of Itapecerica (MG) and for the national culture. As for the procedures and results achieved at the end of this work, they can corroborate the revitalization, preservation and conservation of such collection which, for over two centuries, has been consolidating a cultural identity of the city of Itapecerica.