Question

This piece’s second movement, “Story,” begins with one voice repeating “once upon a time, a time, a” while another voice repeats “ti ti ti ti ti” to create a beat. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this piece in which that movement consists entirely of phrases from Gertrude Stein’s “The World is Round.” This piece’s third movement contains a melody intended for “any suitable instrument.”
ANSWER: Living Room Music
[10e] John Cage composed Living Room Music for an ensemble of these instruments. Cage also featured this class of instruments in his First Construction (in Metal), which uses several gongs.
ANSWER: percussion [accept percussion ensemble]
[10m] First Construction (in Metal) also uses four unusual instruments taken from these objects. A musicologist at Michigan found that four [emphasize] other instruments taken from these objects are pitched “A-flat, B-flat, D, A” rather than “A, B, C, D.”
ANSWER: cars [or automobiles or taxis; accept car drum brakes or taxi horns]
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