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{{Infobox musical composition

| name = Adis Nonino

| composer = stor Piazzolla

| translation = Farewell, Granddaddy

| native_name_lang = es

| genre = Tango

| melody = based on "Nonino" (1954)

| composed =

| dedication = Vicente "Nonino" Piazzolla

}}

'Adis Nonino' ('Farewell, Granddaddy' in Rioplatense Spanish) is a composition by tango Argentine composer stor Piazzolla, written in October 1959 while in New York, in memory of his father, Vicente "Nonino" Piazzolla, a few days after his father's death.

History



In 1959, Piazzolla was on a tour of Spanish speaking America when, during a presentation in Puerto Rico with Juan Carlos Copes and Maria Nieves Rego, he received news of the death of his father, Vicente Piazzolla, nicknamed Nonino, due to a bicycle accident in his hometown of Mar del Plata. This news, coupled with the tour's failure, economic problems and homesickness, led Piazzolla to depression. There after receiving such devastating news he composed this work in about 30 minutes as a tribute to his father, based on "Nonino", another tango Astor had composed five years earlier in Paris, also dedicated to Vicente Piazzolla.

Because of its melancholic melody and the fact that Piazzolla wrote it so far from his native country while suffering from severe depression, Adis Nonino evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and has become a symbol of the Argentine diaspora.

Background



The piece was based on Piazzolla's earlier tango 'Nonino', composed in Paris in 1954, of which he kept the rhythmic part and re-arranged the rest with some additions. It would prove to be one of Piazzolla's most well-known and popular compositions, and has been recorded many times with many different arrangements and with various instruments.

Nonino is an Argentine variation of the Italian word Grandfather (Nonno) used in the diminutive (Nonnino). The piece was written in honor of Piazzolla's recently deceased father who was a grandfather and therefore called familiarly Nonino.

Notable uses



The piece was played at the royal wedding of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his consort Mxima Zorreguieta in homage to her Argentinian roots. The music has been used by several prominent figure skaters for their programs. Chen Lu used it as her short program music in the 199798 figure skating season, which included her 1998 Winter Olympics bronze medal performance. The 2010 and 2018 Olympic Champions, Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir used the piece for their free dance for the 200405 season, making them winning the silver medal at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Jeffrey Buttle used it as his short program music for the 200607 and 200708 figure skating seasons, which included his 2008 World Championship win. The 2010 Olympic champion Yuna Kim also used this piece as her free skate music for the 201314 figure skating season, which included her 2014 Winter Olympics silver medal performance. Alena Kostornaia used this piece as her short program music for the 2017-18 figure skating season, which included her silver medal finishes at the 201718 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

References




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