How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond audiobook runs 8.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Walter Dixon (about 5.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.1 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
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Walter Dixon narrates 308 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,447 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
1,070 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond is an audiobook by John Powell: a 8.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Walter Dixon, released November 24, 2010, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Walter Dixon
- Released
- November 24, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781596597068
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond audiobook?
How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond runs 8.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.4 hours.
Is the How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond audiobook free?
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Who narrates How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond?
How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond is narrated by Walter Dixon.