07-21-2004, 04:12 PM
When Mozart passed away, he was buried in a
churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the
cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Mozart
was
buried.
Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it.
The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable
music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the
town
magistrate.
When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for
a
moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Mozart's Ninth Symphony, being
played
backwards."
He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony, and
it's backwards, too. Most puzzling."
So the magistrate kept listening; "There's the Seventh... the Sixth...
the
Fifth..."
Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the
magistrate; he
stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery,
"My
fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about. It's just Mozart
decomposing."
churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the
cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Mozart
was
buried.
Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it.
The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable
music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the
town
magistrate.
When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for
a
moment, and said, "Ah, yes, that's Mozart's Ninth Symphony, being
played
backwards."
He listened a while longer, and said, "There's the Eighth Symphony, and
it's backwards, too. Most puzzling."
So the magistrate kept listening; "There's the Seventh... the Sixth...
the
Fifth..."
Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the
magistrate; he
stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery,
"My
fellow citizens, there's nothing to worry about. It's just Mozart
decomposing."
