Gyumri - 2023 Chicago Open

Question

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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Summary


2023 Chicago Open	08/05/2023	Y	10	20.00	100%	100%	0%

Data


BHSU	Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill	10	10	20
Evans Hall destruction awaiters	The Canadians	10	10	20
I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble	Hang et al., Robert Browning	10	10	20
Quasicrystal Silence	In Search of Things Past	10	10	20
The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub	Saint Peter Andre 3000	10	10	20
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness	I would prefer not to	10	10	20
Team Name Think Detail	Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!	10	10	20
The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club	The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)	10	10	20
wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp	Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too	10	10	20
[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?	remembrance of lost time	10	10	20