“In the late Fifties the tango was in a fertile gestation period which marked the end of its romantic, orchestral aura. Astor Piazzolla launched its renewal by forging new alloys in timbre, and the period saw the emergence of Horacio Salgan and his Quinteto Real while the excep tional work of Maestro Anibal Troilo continued in what was seen as a conservatory for the tango, the urban music of Buenos Aires.” Philippe LESAGE