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A tourist in Vienna walks 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 that 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 scholar, the Fifth Symphony is playing, again backward. The scholar 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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