Up around 20th century, the development of western music has flourished into a

　paramount status. After 1950s, with the advancing development of computer

　technology a new genre of the “electronic music” emerged which provides the

　musicians a whole new spectrum in terms of musical language and structure.

　Although the music of this period is highly experimental and still needs to be

　exploited, it opens up new possibilities and provides new ways of thinking in

　music making, and the journey of exploring still carries on nowadays.

　

　In my thesis, there are two main focal points. The first is to probe into the

　musical language and forms of postmodern contemporary music through research

　and references. And the second is the compositions which I composed by

　employing different compositional theories and techniques.