author: | PICKOK |
date: | 16 April 2020 |
license: | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
source: | ADIOS NONINO - A. PIAZZOLLA |
demo: | /pickok/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.