Blurs

What is the longest piece of music ever created? You might expect the answer to involve an enormous orchestra, thousands of musicians or perhaps a recording that lasts for several days. Instead, the answer may involve a piece of music that, in practical terms, can never be heard from beginning to end. It is called 310, and it was created by the experimental music project Bull of Heaven. Its claimed duration is approximately 3.343 × 10⁴⁸ years. That number is so large that it becomes difficult to comprehend. Written out, the claimed duration is roughly: 3,343,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years . And that isn't a typo. A piece of music longer than almost anything imaginable The universe is approximately 13.8 billion years old. If 310 actually ran continuously for its stated duration, it would continue playing for an incomprehensibly long period after the universe's present age. In fact, comparing the two numbers is almost meaningless because the difference ...