A composer and mystic born in this city developed the “Fourth Way” and collaborated with pianist Thomas de Hartmann on the writing of several “Sayyid Chants and Dances.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this birthplace of George Gurdjieff. This city is also the birthplace of the composer of Mockroot, who included the twelve-minute jazz-influenced “Revolving - Prayer” on a 2018 EP dedicated to this city.
ANSWER: Gyumri [or Alexandropol; accept For Gyumri] (Mockroot and For Gyumri are by Tigran Hamasyan.)
[10m] René Daumal drew on Gurdjieff’s thought in a novel about “non-Euclidean adventures” in one of these places named “Analogue.” Scriabin’s Theosophy-inspired work Mysterium was meant to be played at one of these places.
ANSWER: mountain [accept Mount Analogue]
[10e] D. H. Lawrence was displeased when this author joined Gurdjieff’s Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man a few months after the publication of her collection The Garden Party and Other Stories.
ANSWER: Katherine Mansfield [or Katherine Mansfield Murry]
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