A year after Beethoven died, the church where he was buried was being expanded, so all of the bodies in the graveyard had to be dug up and moved to the central cemetery in Vienna.

The grave diggers pulled out Beethoven’s casket, and heard the slightest <squeaksqueaksqueak> sound coming from inside. Curious they popped open the casket and saw Beethoven with a folio of his music, methodically erasing everything on the page.

The gravedigger says, “Maestro, what are you doing?”

Beethoven says, “Isn’t it obvious? I’m decomposing.”

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