![Gregori Ferdinand Wenger | Mandora | German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Lute, Instruments, World music Gregori Ferdinand Wenger | Mandora | German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Lute, Instruments, World music](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/20/01/68/20016816722a7a2b163ed80520f5995b.jpg)
Gregori Ferdinand Wenger | Mandora | German | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Lute, Instruments, World music
Silent Night on an early 19th century mandora (lute) | Apparently this is the UK's favourite Christmas Carol. It was written in Austria in 1818, so what better instrument to play it
![ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREAS NICOLAUS BARTL | A SIX-COURSE MANDORA, VIENNA, 1737 | Musical instruments, Lute, Early music ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREAS NICOLAUS BARTL | A SIX-COURSE MANDORA, VIENNA, 1737 | Musical instruments, Lute, Early music](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/79/bb/1f/79bb1f8e19c0cac80e760970116771c6.jpg)