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The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places by Bernie Krause

The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bernie Krause (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places at common listening paces
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30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it runs longer than 67% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) 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

The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places is an audiobook by Bernie Krause: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bernie Krause, released March 19, 2012, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Bernie Krause
Released
March 19, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781611137095

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places as an audiobook?

The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places?

The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places is narrated by Bernie Krause.