A TOURIST in Vienna was walking through a graveyard when he heard music
coming from a grave. The headstone read, "Lugwig von Beethoven, 1770 - 1827.
Then, the tourist recognized the music as the 9th Symphony played backward.
Puzzled the man left the graveyard and persuaded a friend to return with him. By
the time they got back to the grave, the music had changed to the 7th Symphony.
It too played backward.
The friends agreed to consult a music scholar. When the three men went to the
grave, they heard the 5th Symphony playing backward. The scholar noted that
the order of the songs itself was backward, going by when they were written.
By the next day, a throng had gathered around the grave, listening to a backward
playing 2nd Symphony. Just then, the graveyard caretaker ambled up to the
group, "It's nothing to worry about ," he declared, "He's just decomposing."
