Kinderstuck for Piano: thoughts on a work that foretells Anton Webern's mature composing style

This paper compares the composing techniques employed by Anton Webern (1883-1945) in his little piano piece entitled Kinderstucke (1924) and the techniques that are more characteristic of his later style after 1924. To this end, we analyze Kinderstucke's melodic, harmonic, textural and motivic parameters highlighting similarities to works composed after 1924, mainly, but not exclusively, those written for piano. We conclude that most of the techniques already employed in this little exercise piece will be fundamental elements of the composer's mature style.