STYLE PALETTE: Lucius Hoffmann vs "Anonymous" — A Complete Breakdown
风格调色盘:Lucius Hoffmann vs "匿名" —— 完整对比分析
I've been saying this for MONTHS and everyone keeps ignoring me so here's the full breakdown with actual evidence. I don't care if this gets taken down again. I'll repost it every single time.
我说了好几个月了,所有人都在无视我,所以这是完整的对比分析和实际证据。我不在乎这个帖子是不是又被删。每删一次我就重发一次。
For those who don't know: there's a street pianist in Vienna who goes by no name. Regulars call him "Anonymous" or just "the blind pianist at Stephansplatz." He plays completely improvised sets — no sheet music, no setlist, nothing. Just sits down and plays. And his music is IDENTICAL in style to Lucius Hoffmann's published compositions.
给不了解情况的人科普一下:维也纳有一位街头钢琴家,没有名字。常客们叫他"匿名"或者"斯蒂芬广场的盲人钢琴家"。他的演奏完全是即兴的——没有曲谱,没有曲目单,什么都没有。坐下来就弹。而他的音乐风格和Lucius Hoffmann已发表的作品一模一样。
1. Harmonic Language Comparison
一、和声语言对比
Left: Lucius's "Whispers of the Night" (published score, bar 34-41). Right: Anonymous's street performance, Stephansplatz, captured Aug 2024. THE SAME CHORD PROGRESSION. Not similar. The same. Down to the voice leading.
左:Lucius的《夜之低语》(出版乐谱,第34-41小节)。右:匿名钢琴家在斯蒂芬广场的街头演奏,2024年8月录制。完全相同的和弦进行。不是相似。是一模一样。连声部进行都一样。
Lucius — "Whispers of the Night" (published)
Lucius——《夜之低语》(已出版)
Anonymous — Stephansplatz improvisation, Aug 2024
匿名——斯蒂芬广场即兴演奏,2024年8月
2. Melodic Fingerprint
二、旋律指纹
Every composer has a "fingerprint" — patterns they default to unconsciously. Anonymous uses a very specific ornamental figure: a descending chromatic turn followed by a suspended 4th resolution. Guess who else uses that EXACT figure in literally every published piece?
每个作曲家都有"指纹"——他们下意识默认的模式。匿名钢琴家使用一个非常特殊的装饰音型:下行半音回转接四度延留解决。猜猜还有谁在每一首已发表的作品中都用了完全相同的音型?
Lucius — recurring ornamental figure across 4 works
Lucius——4部作品中反复出现的装饰音型
Anonymous — same figure, improvised live (3 separate recordings)
匿名——同一音型,现场即兴(3次不同录制)
3. The Improvisation Problem
三、即兴演奏问题
This is what kills me. Anonymous does ALL of this as improvisation. No preparation. No score. Just sits at a public piano and plays music at this level. Meanwhile Lucius — the supposed "genius" — has NEVER successfully improvised in public. Not once. Every single "spontaneous" moment at his recitals was pre-composed. I've spoken to three people who attended the Munich recital in September. When an audience member asked him to improvise on a theme, he deflected with a joke and played a prepared piece instead.
这才是最要命的。匿名钢琴家的一切都是即兴演奏。没有准备。没有乐谱。就坐在公共钢琴前弹出这种水准的音乐。而Lucius——那个所谓的"天才"——从未在公开场合成功即兴演奏过。一次都没有。他演奏会上每一个"即兴"瞬间都是事先写好的。我和三个参加了九月慕尼黑演奏会的人聊过。当观众要求他即兴发挥一个主题时,他用一个玩笑搪塞过去,然后弹了一首准备好的曲子。
How can you compose at this level but not improvise at all? That only makes sense if you're not the one composing.
你怎么可能在这个水准上作曲却完全不会即兴?唯一的解释就是——你根本不是在作曲的那个人。
Technical comparison: published works vs live improvisation capability
技术对比:已发表作品 vs 现场即兴能力
4. The Timing
四、时间线
Anonymous has been playing at Stephansplatz since at least 2019. Lucius's first major composition was published in 2020. Anonymous plays almost exclusively at night — between 10pm and 2am. Lucius claims he composes "at night, in a state between sleep and waking." The overlap is not a coincidence.
匿名钢琴家至少从2019年起就在斯蒂芬广场演奏。Lucius的第一部重要作品发表于2020年。匿名钢琴家几乎只在夜间演奏——晚上10点到凌晨2点之间。Lucius声称自己"在夜间、在半睡半醒的状态下"作曲。这个重合不是巧合。
Anonymous — documented street performances (2019–2024)
匿名——有记录的街头演出(2019–2024)
Lucius — publication dates of major compositions
Lucius——主要作品发表时间
5. Why No One Talks About This
五、为什么没有人讨论这个
Because the Hoffmann family has money. Real money. The kind that makes articles disappear and critics go quiet. I've had three previous posts about this taken down. The images in my original comparison got DMCA'd within 48 hours — by a law firm representing "an unnamed client." I wonder who that could be.
因为霍夫曼家族有钱。真正的钱。那种能让文章消失、让乐评人闭嘴的钱。我之前关于这个话题的三篇帖子都被删了。我原始对比图在48小时内就被DMCA了——发起方是一家代表"未具名客户"的律师事务所。我猜猜那会是谁。
I don't know who Anonymous is. I've tried to talk to him but he doesn't engage with anyone — just plays and leaves. He's blind. He doesn't have a social media presence. He doesn't have a name. And somehow, Lucius Hoffmann's most celebrated compositions sound EXACTLY like this man's improvisations.
我不知道匿名是谁。我试过跟他说话,但他不与任何人交流——弹完就走。他是盲人。他没有社交媒体。他没有名字。然而不知怎的,Lucius Hoffmann最受赞誉的作品听起来和这个人的即兴演奏一模一样。
If you have any recordings of Anonymous playing at Stephansplatz or anywhere else, PLEASE send them to me. The originals keep getting taken down. Someone doesn't want this comparison to exist.
如果你有匿名钢琴家在斯蒂芬广场或其他任何地方的演奏录像,请务必发给我。原始素材不断被删除。有人不希望这个对比存在。
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viennawanderer replied: "I've seen that blind pianist!! he plays near the cathedral almost every night. this is insane"
viennawanderer 回复:"我见过那个盲人钢琴家!!他几乎每晚都在大教堂附近弹琴。这太疯狂了"
piano-discourse replied: "you're reaching lmao. similar chord progressions don't prove plagiarism"
piano-discourse 回复:"你想多了笑死。相似的和弦进行不能证明抄袭"
ghostkeys_ replied: "@piano-discourse similar? play them side by side. I dare you."
ghostkeys_ 回复:"@piano-discourse 相似?你把它们并排放来听。我倒要看看。"
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anon-musik reblogged this and added: "I recorded him last winter. The video got copyright struck within a week. WHO copyright strikes a homeless man's street performance???"
anon-musik 转发并补充:"我去年冬天录过他。视频在一周内就被版权投诉了。谁会对一个流浪汉的街头演奏发版权投诉???"