def create(docname):
doc = MeiDocument.MeiDocument(docname)
# set up the header
root_el = mod.mei_()
mei_head = mod.meihead_()
file_desc = mod.filedesc_()
title_stmt = mod.titlestmt_()
title = mod.title_()
title_stmt.add_children([title])
encoding_desc = mod.encodingdesc_()
proj_desc = mod.projectdesc_()
dsc = mod.p_()
dsc.value = u"This file was generated by PyMEI 1.0"
proj_desc.addchildren([dsc])
file_desc.add_children([title_stmt])
encoding_desc.add_children([proj_desc])
mei_head.add_children([file_desc, encoding_desc])
# set up the body
music = mod.music_()
bd = mod.body_()
md = mod.mdiv_()
sc = mod.score_()
md.add_children([sc])
bd.add_children([md])
music.add_children([bd])
root_el.addchildren([mei_head, music])
doc.addelement(root_el)
return doc
