Stockhausen’s Klavierstücke in Leeds

In this essay I briefly discuss Stockhausen's Klavierstück XI, its score, and its relationship to Stockhausen’s electronic music. I mention the connection that Stockhausen’s Klavierstücke have with the city of Leeds. I conclude by outlining the Klavierstücke’s relevance to two of my current research and teaching projects, one project documenting the life and work of electronic musician and researcher Hugh Davies (1943–2005), the other a broader research and teaching project exploring the relationships between musical tools/technologies and musical practice. This is a slightly adapted transcription of an oral presentation given at an archival research workshop whose purpose was to highlight, for the benefit of both archive staff and other academics, the research potential of various items within the Special Collections at University of Leeds. Thus, this essay is brief, and not aimed at music specialists in particular.