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When did Anton Webern begin using Schoenberg's 12-tone method?

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Anton Webern first began using Arnold Schoenberg's 12-tone method in 1924 with his work Kinderstück for piano. Following this initial adoption, he employed the serial technique for all of his subsequent compositions, developing the system with rigorous consistency.1