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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