Parisonatina al’Dodecafonia, by Donald Martino (1931-2005), is a piece that was written in 1964 for violoncello solo. It shows a relentless preference in exploring notes in a twelve-tone system. It also consistently approaches the structure and cellistic technique through an imaginative approach. The title comes from the name of famous virtuoso cellist Aldo Parisot, for whom the piece was composed. His name appears embedded throughout in a short succession of notes producing a single impression that appears throughout the entire piece.

It was written in four movements, though it was actually conceived in two parts of a two movement context.

Sources

• Fennelly, Brian "Review: Parisonatina al'Dodecafonia (1964) by Donald Martino". Perspectives of New Music 8 (1): 133-135.

External links

• Donald Martino — Biography. Composers Bureau. Sigma Alpha Iota. Retrieved on 2008-04-20..