Western Compositional Techniques and National Sonority from the Perspective of Nostalgia: A Study of Tyzen Hsiao's Piano Works <italic style="font-style: italic">Memory</italic> and <italic style="font-style: italic">Farewell Etude</italic>

Xiangwei Wang

doi:10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250025.20261008

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Western Compositional Techniques and National Sonority from the Perspective of Nostalgia: A Study of Tyzen Hsiao's Piano Works <italic style="font-style: italic">Memory</italic> and <italic style="font-style: italic">Farewell Etude</italic>

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Western Compositional Techniques and National Sonority from the Perspective of Nostalgia: A Study of Tyzen Hsiao's Piano Works Memory and Farewell Etude
Western Compositional Techniques and National Sonority from the Perspective of Nostalgia: A Study of Tyzen Hsiao's Piano Works Memory and Farewell Etude
The Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, 1970, Denmark
Vol. 10, Issue 8, Pages: 121-126(2026)
Published：30 August 2026
DOI：10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250025.20261008
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Wang Xiangwei.Western Compositional Techniques and National Sonority from the Perspective of Nostalgia: A Study of Tyzen Hsiao's Piano Works Memory and Farewell Etude[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2026,10(08):121-126.
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Wang Xiangwei.Western Compositional Techniques and National Sonority from the Perspective of Nostalgia: A Study of Tyzen Hsiao's Piano Works Memory and Farewell Etude[J].Journal of International Education and Development,2026,10(08):121-126. DOI： 10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250025.20261008.

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Tyzen Hsiao (1938–2015)

a composer

pianist

and conductor from China's Taiwan Province

devoted much of his career to combining Western classical techniques with regional Chinese musical materials. His piano works occupy a distinctive place in modern Chinese music because they connect Western Romantic writing with memories of home and local sonority. Within the broader development of Chinese piano music

composers have increasingly adapted Western forms and techniques to local musical thinking. This article focuses on

Memory

and

Farewell Etude

examining their harmonic and textural construction

programmatic imagery

and performance interpretation. The two works share two important characteristics: both combine Western pianistic writing with pentatonic musical idioms

and both possess substantial artistic and performance value.

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Western Compositional Techniques and National Sonority from the Perspective of Nostalgia: A Study of Tyzen Hsiao's Piano Works Memory and Farewell Etude

DOI：10.47297/wspiedWSP2516-250025.20261008

摘要

Abstract

关键词

Keywords

references