From the archives. This week, the contestants are Stephanie Anne and Susan Landers of Albuquerque, New Mexico. And the piece by pianist Bruce Adolph is long and beautiful. Still, I couldn’t get the hidden song, even though it’s very well known. However, to my surprise I actually got the composer style. It’s one of my favorite composers, though I usually don’t guess him correctly when in one of these Puzzlers.
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We have a new one this week, not from the archives. The contestants today are Laura Pawuk and Rick Adler from Ypsilanti, Michigan. I surprised myself by being right with the composer style. And like the contestants, when it came to the hidden song, I was “stumped.” Even when composer Bruce Adolph played it a second time to bring the song out more. But then even host Fred Childe didn’t have a clue. Including when Adolph just started playing passages. I finally got it – and it’s incredibly well-known -- but then, everyone else was still (surprisingly) stumped. As well-known as the song is, it is so well-hidden that it’s buried. In fact, even knowing the song, when he played it again all the way through, I couldn’t hear it. Only when he had focused it to bring the song out. So, good luck!
From the archives. This week's contestant is Cynthia Sibitzky from Haslett, Texas. I don't get the sense that the hidden song is really all that hidden, and you get it in about three seconds -- and only that long because there's a bit of an introduction into the piece. Though it's very lovely. As for the composer style, I had a choice between three people who are somewhat similar. The contestant's first guess was mine, as well, but...we were wrong. From the archives. This week’s contestant is Tejas Srinivasan from Middlebury, Vermont. I didn’t get either part, but it’s a fun one. I thought I had a few different guesses with the hidden song, but each time it went off in a different direction. I think I could have possibly gotten the composer style, but I was too focused on working out the hidden song that, in the end, I just made a stab and was wrong.
From the archives. This week's contestants are Peter and Mary-Bess Staffel from Bethany, West Virginia. This is an oddity: although I got both parts, it was touch-and-go that I would. I could tell the composer of the hidden song right away, but it took me a short while to "sing through" the song to get the title, but I did get it. It's well known, but might not be so for everyone. And the composer style was very guessable...but...it came down to two possibilities who overlap a bit. But I guessed right.
From the archives. The contestant this week is Beth Everett from Scottsbluff, Nebraska. I got the hidden song right away, though it's a bit disjointed. (To my surprise, the contestant has some trouble with it the first time around, perhaps it's that "disjointed" nature.) As for the composer style, I thought I knew it pretty quickly -- and I did. So, that means I actually got both the hidden song AND the composer style correct! Huzzah!
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