Music Man

       - From Joke of the Day


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 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 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.

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