The Orchestra: A User’s Manual (http://andrewhugill.com/manuals/) provides an excellent interactive resource for learning about orchestral instruments. This website contains orchestral excerpts that feature the orchestral instruments and interviews with musicians. One of the most comprehensive of its type, this website provides an in-depth look at various instruments with visual and aural examples. Reviewing this website will provide an excellent introduction both to popular orchestral literature and its instruments.

Carnegie Hall’s Guide to Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” (http://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/nws/splash.html) provides an animated journey through Dvořák’s symphony, revealing details about the form and orchestration that help guide the listener through the various movements. This website helps listeners see the various parts of the symphony and adds information about Dvořák’s biography and the compositional process behind the work.

How to Listen to Music: A Vintage Guide to the 7 Essential Skills (http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/12/elliott-schwartz-music-ways-of-listening/) this website reviews the listening skills already outlined in Chapter One. The author of this article expands upon the ideas of Chapter One and helps reinforce the practice of active listening. While the article is very general in its scope, the principles are helpful to listening across musical genres. 

George Crumb: His Life and Work (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coSSkxdmyy4/). This short documentary features Black Angels and other important works and includes video clips of the composer speaking about his musical roots.