The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization runs 12.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
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Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Social Science shelf
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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 Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization is an audiobook by Howard Goodall: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released March 1, 2014, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- March 1, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781482995312
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization as an audiobook?
The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization?
The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Story of Music: From Babylon to the Beatles; How Music Has Shaped Civilization worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.