A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a
sudden he hears some music. No one is around, so he starts
searching for the source. He finally locates the origin and
finds it is coming from a grave with a headstone that reads:
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827. Then he realizes that the music
is the Ninth Symphony and it is being played backward!
Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades a friend to
return with him. By the time they arrive back at the grave, the
music has changed. This time it is the Seventh Symphony, but
like the previous piece, it is being played backward.
Curious, the men agree to consult a music scholar. When they
return with the expert, the Fifth Symphony is playing, again
backward. The expert notices that the symphonies are being
played in the reverse order in which they were composed, the
9th, then the 7th, then the 5th.
By the next day the word has spread and a throng has gathered
around the grave. They are all listening to the Second Symphony
being played backward. Just then the graveyard's caretaker
ambles up to the group.
Someone in the group asks him if he has an explanation for the
music.........
"Don't you get it?" the caretaker says incredulously. "He's
decomposing."
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