Beethoven’s Death


When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard.

A couple of days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven 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 Beethoven’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 Beethoven decomposing.”

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8 Responses to “Beethoven’s Death”

  1. 8
    RAD19 Says:

    haha, i loved it =p

  2. 7
    Princess Says:

    I liked that joke so thanx for posting it!!!!!!!! :)

  3. 6
    erica Says:

    ha! That was pretty funny!

  4. 5
    qazimoto Says:

    dur hur
    heard, but it was a shorter version
    still funny
    kinda

  5. 4
    les Says:

    good saw it coming but still good

  6. 3
    Ron Says:

    unpredictable, and funny ^.^

  7. 2
    Stevo Says:

    pretty funny i too wouldnt have guessed that at the end

  8. 1
    krista Says:

    man funny i wouldnt have guessed that at the end

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