The Mandolin is 4¼ inches tall and 2½ inches wide. The Mandolin is made of ivory colored resin with gold trim. The center of the Mandolin is decorated with an ivory resin bow with gold on the edges. Select this link to view our Gold and Cream Ornaments.
Mandolins.
A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family. It has a body with a teardrop shaped soundboard, or one which is essentially oval in shape, with a sound hole which is open and not decorated with an intricately carved grille like the Baroque era mandolins. Select this link to view our Red Spiral Glass Finial.
Originally mandolins had six double courses of gut string tuned similarly to lutes and plucked with the fingertip. The design common today has eight metal strings in four pairs which are plucked with a plectrum. Select this link to view our Glass Drop Finial Ornaments.
There are many variants including, Milanese, Lombard, Brescian, as well as four string, twelve string and sixteen string. Select this link to view our Old Gold Ornament Trees.
Christmas Music.
Music was an early feature of the Christmas season and its celebrations. But the first chants, litanies, and hymns were in Latin and too theological for popular use. The 13th century found the rise of the carol written in the vernacular under the influence of Francis of Assisi. Select this link to view our Silver Metal Ornament Trees.
In the Middle Ages, the English combined circle dances with singing and called them carols.
Later, the word carol came to mean a song in which a religious topic is treated in a style that
is familiar or festive. From Italy, it passed to France and Germany, and later to England. Music in itself soon became one of the greatest tributes to Christmas, and Christmas music includes some of the noblest compositions of the great musicians. Select this link to view our Battery Operated Christmas Ornament Rotators.