Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino for String Quintet (arr. Soteldo)

About the Composition Rejected by traditional tango groups and almost ignored by label records, Piazzolla moved to the United States in 1958 and began a project he called Jazz-Tango. He forms a quintet where they play pieces by Piazzolla, other Argentine tango composers, and jazz composers. With the particular musical aesthetic, this work is recorded in the album: 'Take me dancing!' [G] 1959, New York City [P] 1959, TICO EE.UU. However, Piazzolla is not satisfied with the result. In 1959, while Piazzolla had a tour in Central America with the dancers Juan Carlos Copes and María Nieves Rego received the news of his father's death1 during a show in Puerto Rico. This news, added to the tour failure, the financial problems, and the nostalgia for his country, led Piazzolla to depression. In October, upon returning to the place where he temporarily resided with his family in New York, he composed Adiós Nonino. Dad asked us to leave him alone for a few hours. We went into the kitchen. First