VicW
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A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of asudden he hears music. No one is around, so he starts searchingfor the source.He finally locates the origin and finds it is comingfrom 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 toreturn with him. By the time they arrive back at the grave, the musichas changed. This time it is the Seventh Symphony, but like theprevious piece, it is being played backward. Curious, the men agree to consult a music scholar. When theyreturn with the expert, the Fifth Symphony is playing, again backward.The expert notices that the symphonies are being played in the reverseorder in which they were composed, the 9th, then the 7th, then the 5th.By the next day the word has spread and a crowd has gatheredaround the grave. They are all listening to the Second Symphony beingplayed 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. "I would have thought it was obvious" the caretaker says."He's decomposing." Vic.
