潘皇龍與錢南章1980年代至今的跨文化音樂創作初探

In the contemporary Taiwanese art music the main stream is the intercultural compositions- namely the combination of Taiwanese, Chinese and Western culture elements. The compositions of two important contemporary Taiwanese composers, Hwang-long Pan (1945-) and Nan-chang Chien (1948-) are no exceptions of this stream. Each of their works expresses its own kind of cultural spirit-either native Taiwanese culture or traditional Chinese culture, or modern Western culture. The multi-cultural phenomenon of Pan's and Chien's works reflects the deep influence of these cultures and also the multi-cultural panorama of contemporary Taiwanese society.This paper intends to research the intercultural compositions of Pan and Chien in 1980s after they return from the overseas study in Germany. I try to analyze their musical styles, identify their cultural origin and also explicate the contents and cultural spirit they want to express. I attempt to summarize these in the following three themes: 1. the concern about native Taiwanese culture. 2. the expression of traditional Chinese spirit. 3. the exploration of Western modern music form. I hope to achieve a better understanding of Pan's and Chien's works by means of this research.