在臺灣當代藝術音樂的創作中，以跨文化音樂創作——作品中融合臺灣、中國、西方文化元素——為主流，臺灣當代重要的作曲家潘皇龍（1945-）與錢南章（1948-）的創作也不例外。在潘皇龍與錢南章的跨文化音樂創作中，每個作品都有它主要想表達的文化精神——臺灣本土特色、中國傳統文化或是西方現代精神。潘皇龍與錢南章創作中的多元文化現象，正反映出作曲家深受上述文化之影響，也反映出臺灣當代社會多元的文化景觀。 本研究主要目的在於，研究潘皇龍與錢南章留德回國後於1980 年代至今的跨文化音樂創作，分析其音樂風格和文化影響來源，以及論述他們主要想表達的內容與文化精神，並試圖將之歸納於以下三個主題：（一）關懷臺灣本土文化；（二）表達中國傳統文化精神；（三）探索西方現代音樂形式。希望透過這樣的研究，來增進對於潘皇龍與錢南章音樂創作的理解。

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.