How Long to Read The Oboe

How Long Does it Take to Read The Oboe?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 11 minutes to read The Oboe by Geoffrey Vernon Burgess

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The oboe, including its earlier forms the shawm and the hautboy, is an instrument with a long and rich history. In this book two distinguished oboist-musicologists trace that history from its beginnings to the present time, discussing how and why the oboe evolved, what music was written for it, and which players were prominent. Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes begin by describing the oboe’s prehistory and subsequent development out of the shawm in the mid-seventeenth century. They then examine later stages of the instrument, from the classical hautboy to the transition to a keyed oboe and...

How long is The Oboe?

The Oboe by Geoffrey Vernon Burgess is 418 pages long, and a total of 107,844 words.

This makes it 141% the length of the average book. It also has 132% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Oboe Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 49 minutes to read The Oboe aloud.

What Reading Level is The Oboe?

The Oboe is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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