Thanks, Tom. Enjoyed the Viennese music!
Mal
The Ledoux Clan wrote:
Found this on a list (no pun intented) recently, thought you
might enjoy it.
Regards,
Tom Ledoux
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 crowd asks him if he has an explanation for the
music.
"Oh, it's nothing to worry about" says the caretaker. "He's just
decomposing!"