Among the dazzling jewels in this collection is this double concerto for two mandolins, which quickly became a twentieth-century favourite, a pleasure that had been denied to music-lovers of the preceding two hundred years. Soon, hundreds of previously unknown Vivaldi manuscripts were uncovered, now known as the 'Mauro Foa' and 'Renzo Giordano' collections. As a result of their questions, the library in Turin contacted Durazzo’s descendants in Genoa, too. They now needed money to fund some much needed renovations to their buildings. As a charitable brotherhood, they had inherited the collection from the family of one count Giacomo Durazzo, a famous arts patron.
In 1926, a party from the local Salesian community – a mission of priests founded by St John Bosco in nearby Monferrato – knocked on the door to check on the value of their collection of manuscripts. It must have been an amazing day for the music registrar at the library in Turin.
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