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 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.
Needless to say, I did not get it....cck You guess now, before scrolling down.
No cheating, make a guess before scrolling.
Not even a wild guess before scrolling?
He's decomposing.
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