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The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time by Tom Santopietro

The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Eric Michael Summerer (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.4listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.4 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 84% 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

The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time is an audiobook by Tom Santopietro: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Eric Michael Summerer, released May 12, 2015, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.4 hrs
Narrated by
Eric Michael Summerer
Released
May 12, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781494582616

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time as an audiobook?

The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.

Is The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time?

The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time is narrated by Eric Michael Summerer.

Is The Sound of Music Story: How a Beguiling Young Novice, a Handsome Austrian Captain, and Ten Singing Von Trapp Children Inspired the Most Beloved Film of All Time worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.