How long does it take to read The Oxford Companion to Music?
Percy A. Scholes
The Oxford Companion to Music by Percy A. Scholes takes about 21 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 21 hours 16 minutes
A long haul
First published 1938. 1,160 pages, about 319,000 words.
43 days (about 7 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 35 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 21 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 38 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Includes over 3,000 alphabetically arranged definitions of music terms, examples of music, and biographical sketches of famous composers and musicians.
Subjects: Music, Musicians, Dictionaries, Bio-bibliography, History and criticism, Juvenile Dictionaries
