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Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim by Rob Kapilow

Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Woodson (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim at common listening paces
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30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim is an audiobook by Rob Kapilow: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Woodson, released June 28, 2022, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Woodson
Released
June 28, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781705246849

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim audiobook?

Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is the Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim?

Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim is narrated by Paul Woodson.

Is Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.