本文從檔案學研究的角度入手，運用於臺灣作曲家賴德和的文獻檔案之中，經過邏輯性的分類、編排與保存等步驟，最終選定作曲家於1970-1980年代的音樂創作為對象，梳理其史料脈絡，映照當時臺灣社會的環境變遷與思潮，以形成研究論點。賴德和於1970-1980年代創作的近30首作品，有多達半數曾於當時重要的現代音樂活動中首演或發表，一方面見證了當代嚴肅音樂的發展，也成為形塑臺灣「現代音樂」樣貌的推手之一。本文將以此為起點，透過檢視《賴德和檔案》之內容，嘗試探析作曲家對於臺灣現代音樂發展的探索與思考。

This article approaches the music works of Deh-Ho Lai, a renown Taiwanese composer, from the perspective of archival studies. Through the procedures of logical classification, compilation and preservation, the author focuses on works composed between 1970s and 1980s for the study. By contextualizing the works within the social environment and the ideological thoughts in Taiwan, the historical background is to be reconstructed and juxtaposed with these works. Lai composed some 30 pieces of musical works during this period of time, with more than half of them premiered or performed in important contemporary music activities at that time. These works not only witnessed the blossoming of serious contemporary music, but also steered the development of “modern” music in Taiwan. This article begins with the archives of Deh-Ho Lai and probes into how he conceptualized the different ways the seeds of “modern music” were planted and harvested from the 1970s to 1980s in Taiwan.