Written by Chen Hongduo 
Research on Contemporary Western Music Creation–Structural Thinking and Contemporary Trend 

This topic lists six structural thinking modes, and selects highly representative countries, important music genres, major composers and their works, in order to sort out the important development context from the complex phenomena. The writing content of the topic consists of twelve chapters, as well as fourteen parts of introduction and conclusion. The introduction is a historical review of the issues discussed in this topic, and the conclusion is to look forward to the future. The twelve chapters of the main text discuss structural thinking and the development of contemporary music creation in each representative country or region according to the six chapters of the upper and lower parts, and summarize its main development characteristics. This topic pays attention to the key points, emphasizes the problem awareness, emphasizes the analysis of the works, and observes the historical context in the writing of this topic. From the perspective of monographic research, it sorts out the main trends in contemporary Western music creation, makes judgments and explains points of view.