A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard and all of a sudden he hears 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 crowd 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.
“I would have thought it was obvious” the caretaker says. “He’s decomposing.”
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I need to thank my good friend David for this one. He tells me it came all the way from Aus…..tralia!
And David is recomposing!
He sure is!
That joke was dead on arrival.
Dead Flat!
Oh groan, thanks for the chuckle.
Celia, you are welcome.
😀 but ugh. “The worms craw in, the worms craw out…”
😆
My niece is studying in Vienna this semester. I thought I would share it with her . . . until I read the punchline. 😀
Beethoven is rolling over in his grave.
Well . . . I did share it with her. Perfect timing! She is going to that cemetery to visit Beethoven’s grave tomorrow afternoon after classes!
I hope your niece has a chance to share it during her visit!
Poor Beethoven. With friends like you…..
Just as well that Beethoven never met me!
FANTASTIC 😀 I loved this. Just the thing to read at the end of a long frustrating day. Now to tell all my friends!
These stories are made to go around, glad you enjoyed it and hope your friends do too.
Recycling at its best! 😀
It certainly is!