In 1937, Schoenberg wrote of this Violin Concerto

'It is extremely difficult, just as much for the head as for the hands. I am delighted to add another 'unplayable' work to the repertoire. I want the concerto tobedifficult and I want the little finger to become longer. I can wait.'

This concerto was one the first pieces Schoenberg began after emigrating to the United States. It is also one of his first twelve-tonecompositionssince his work on the opera Moses und Aron<...