The Violin Concerto by Arnold Schoenberg dates from Schoenberg's time in the United States of America, where he had moved in 1933 to escape the Nazis. The piece was written in 1936, the same year as the String Quartet No. 4. At the time of its completion, Schoenberg was living in Brentwood, California, and had just accepted a post teaching at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Schoenberg had made a return to tonal writing upon his move to America, but the Violin Concerto uses Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique. It is in a three movement quick-slow-quick form, traditional for concertos:
- Poco allegro - Vivace
- Andante grazioso
- Finale: Allegro
Schoenberg's Violin Concerto was first published in 1939 by Schirmer.