Sung, Kei Yan. / Thesis submitted in: December 2007. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-86). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General Background Information / Chapter ´ؤ --- Part I The American Context: Second Half of Twentieth Century --- p.5 / Chapter ´ؤ --- Part II Experimentalism --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Biographical Contexts / Chapter ´ؤ --- Biography - A Transethnic Overview --- p.15 / Chapter ´ؤ --- Harrison and Contemporary Composers: Relationship and Influences --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Composing Otherness / Chapter ´ؤ --- Part I Concerto in Slendro: An Anticipation of Asia --- p.38 / Chapter ´ؤ --- Part II Transethnicism in the Mature Period -- Varied Trio --- p.53 / Conclusion --- p.76 / Bibliography --- p.80