ADIOS TONINO

To my father Antonio.

In 1959 Piazzolla was on a tour when he received news of the death of his father, Vicente Piazzolla, nicknamed Nonino, (an Argentine variation of the Italian word "Nonnino", diminutive of "Nonno": Grandfather) due to a bicycle accident in his hometown of Mar del Plata. He wrote this work, based on his earlier tango Nonino, a few days later as a tribute to his memory. In the words of his son Daniel:

Dad asked us to leave him alone for a few hours. We went into the kitchen. First there was absolute silence. After a while, we heard dad playing the bandoneon. It was a very sad, terribly sad melody. He was composing ‘Adiós Nonino’.

— Astor, Diana Piazzolla, 1986

MuseScore document included below.