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Classical music is still looking down at you from above. Kaikhosru Sorabji especially. He wrote a piece for piano that lasts 8 to 9 hours.
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If you count Wagner's Ring cycle as one work, it has Sorabji beat BY 8 to 9 hours!
If you count 7 Skies H3 by The Flaming Lips - you shouldn't.