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    Book Review of Gabrielle Roy’s The Tin Flute The Tin Flute. Volume 1. By Gabrielle Roy. Translated by Philip Stratford. Toronto: McClelland and Steward Ltd. 1945. ISBN: 978-0-7710-9388-3. Pp. 400. $21.95 Gabrielle Roy’s 1945 book of fiction titled The Tin Flute follows the lives of the impoverished Lacasse family living in the Saint-Henri district of Montreal during World War II. The novel tells the separate struggles of Rose-Anna and her eldest daughter Florentine Lacasse to survive the poverty

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    The Tin Flute (originally titled Bonheur d’occasion) is a quintessential novel of Canadian social history. While Gabriel Roy’s first novel is a work of fiction‚ it very carefully and accurately depicts the times‚ circumstances‚ experiences‚ and feelings of Canadian society before World War II. Set in 1939 and 1940‚ during the first year of Canada ’s contribution to World War II‚ The Tin Flute is a harsh depiction of the all so common life in poverty found throughout Canada. The Tin Flute is a

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    Gabrielle Roy

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    Quebec to live as a sketch artist and continue her writing. She had lived in Europe for a little time but had to move back to Canada when World War II started in 1939. She had written novels such as Bonheur occasion (1945)‚ known in English as The Tin Flute‚ and Alexandre Chenevert (1954). She was married in 1947 to Marcel Carbotte and died at the age of 74 in 1983. In 1985 the film Tramp at the Door was releases‚ which was dedicated to her and is heard to depict her childhood. She has been honored

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    The element I chose for this paper was Tin. Tin got its name because it is Anglo-Saxon‚ and the atomic symbol get its name from the Latin root Stannum. https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele050.html. What does Tin mean? Tin belongs to the carbon family https://www.britannica.com/science/tin. Tin consists of 50 Protons‚ 69 Neutrons and 50 electrons. (my citation for where i got this information is the periodic table you gave to us.) The atomic number of tin is 50 because the atomic number is usually

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    baroque and modern flutes in composition‚ with specific reference to - Sonata IV for flute and continuo by J.S Bach‚ and Sonata for flute by Hindemith The baroque‚ or transverse flute is of great interest to me‚ mainly because of my own flute playing experience. I have always considered the baroque flute a much softer and more beautiful instrument‚ and it is because of this interest that I have decided to carry out my investigation upon the differences between the two flutes‚ particularly in composition

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    The History of the flute

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    History of the Flute The oldest flute ever discovered may be a fragment of the femur of a juvenile cave bear‚ with two to four holes‚ found at Divje Babe in Slovenia and dated to about 43‚000 years ago. However‚ this has been disputed.[13][14] In 2008 another flute dated back to at least 35‚000 years ago was discovered in Hohle Fels cave near Ulm‚ Germany.[15] The five-holed flute has a V-shaped mouthpiece and is made from a vulture wing bone. The researchers involved in the discovery officially

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    choose Flute as my favorite instrument. But unfortunately it is nowhere mentioned that who actually discover Flute‚ but we have lot more information about the history of flute. Thousands of years ago it was found in the cave in Northern France with unknown number of holes. It was carved with bones. Those flutes were used during the hunting and magic rituals. As mentioned on the internet that the first flute which can be hold sideways was created in China. But before that Egyptians had flute. Though

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    Flute research paper

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    Flute History and Manufacturers http://www.flutehistory.com/Instrument/Periods.php3 http://www.serenitybambooflutes.com/flute-history.html http://www.flutehistory.com/Instrument/Makers.php3 The word “Flute” first came around in France during the 12th century. This word was used to describe the flute and the recorder. By the 14th century the flute appears in European countries like Spain and France. Flutes were popular in the Italian musical scene in the 16th century. Throughout time the flute

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    How to Play a Flute

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    How to Play a Flute In this paper I am going to explain to you how to play my musical instrument‚ a flute. The flute is a woodwind instrument that has been around since before 4‚000 BC. There are many types of flutes; some are made of wood and others of medal. The kind I play is a c instrument made of medal. This instrument is considered a woodwind because it is non-directional‚ which means that the sound goes in all directions at about the same volume. It also is considered a woodwind because

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    The Element Tin

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    Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn from the Latin word “stannum.” Its atomic number is 50 and its atomic mass is 118.71. Tin is classified in the ’Other Metals’ section which can be located in groups 13‚ 14‚ and 15 of the Periodic Table. All of these elements are solid‚ have a relatively high density and are opaque. This silvery‚ ductile metal is not easily oxidized in air and resists corrosion. Tin is usually malleable‚ but when cooled it is very brittle. It is found in many alloys

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