BACKWARDS BEETHOVEN

 A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard
and all of a suddenhe 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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