From the archives, this week's contestant is David Hempling. from San Francisco.  It's a very easy hidden song to get.  As for the hidden composer style, it's clear after hearing the answer, but I didn't find it typical for that composer, so I missed it.

From the archives.  This week's contestant is Allison Tolz from Montreal, Quebec.  And I didn't get either the hidden song or composer style.  It's a tough one.  I will say, though, that my first guess for composer style was one of the three that the contestant thought it might be -- and the correct answer has a connection to them.  So, I made another guess and was right.  When composer Bruce Adolph slowed the piece down, I did guess the hidden song right before host Fred Child gave a big clue -- though that doesn't count either.  I'll add that, once knowing what the hidden song is,  and it's very famous, I still had a very difficult time picking it out.  There are a few places where you have a chance of guessing it -- but if you do, and get the composer style, too...hat's off!

From the archive.  The contestants are Lynda and Doug Miller from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.  If you don’t get the hidden song, you’re not trying.  I’d even say that it you don’t get it within three seconds you need a refresher course.  As for the composer style, it came down to two possibilities – though I had three in mind, but eliminated one whose works I don’t know quite well enough to guess -- and actually, there it should have been a fourth person, who foolishly I didn’t think of.  And I missed it, because it was that “third” who I just didn't know well-enough and so eliminated..

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From the archives.  We have a recent repeat this week, with contestant is Claire Nalven from Waltham, Massachusetts. This is a very florid piece, and the song is extremely well-hidden – and to my shock, I got it.  And while I came close on the composer style, it was two people I find similar, and I guessed the wrong one.

From the archives.   This week’s contestant is Lorelei Costa from Outer Banks, North Carolina.  I was able to get the hidden song right away – it’s not very well-hidden – but I was struggling on the name.  I thought of a name, but eventually had to stop the music to focus on it more…and I realized that the first name I thought of was, in fact, its name.  As for the composer, there are a few who I can never differentiate between, and I made a guess – and was wrong.

From the archives.  This week's contestant is Lessa Virnyi from Syracuse, NY.  The composer style came down to two people in my mind...and to my surprise and pleasure, I guessed it correctly.  As for the hidden song, it too seemed to be between two songs, as far as I could make things out, and though both the contestant and host Fred Child couldn't get it...huzzah, I was right, again.  But making it all the better is that I didn't at first realize that this was from the archives, so I played along again, not knowing that it was a repeat -- and I got both right...again!  Double huzzah.