Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8

Yep, as unbelievable and unrealistic as that sounds, it is true. Mike Johanns is the reason Franz Schubert was unable to finish his "Symphony No. 8 in B minor."

It has long been theorized that Schubert may have sketched a finale which instead became the big B minor entr'acte from his incidental music to Rosamunde, but all the evidence for this was circumstantial at best. The truth is that he did complete the Symphony No. 8 on the back of a cocktail napkin at the Governor's ball in 1825. He then asked a young scribe by the name of Mike Johanns to copy the completed symphony unto a "more respectable canvass."

Sadly, three fourths into the job Mike Johanns announced his candidacy for Mayor of Lincoln, NE and threw away the cocktail napkin with the completed "Symphony No. 8 in B minor."

Thus depriving millions of Schubert's delightful classical music.