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A tourist in Vienna is going through a graveyard, when all of a sudden he hears
classical 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

Listening to the music, he realizes that it is Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and it
is being played backward! Puzzled, he leaves the graveyard and persuades one
of his friends 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 Ninth, followed by the Seventh, then the Fifth.

By the next day word has spread and a throng of the curious 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!"
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