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For sites explaining the way singing voices are categorized by range and other criteria.

• Wikipedia: Soprano - Lengthy article describes vocal quality and typical range for subtypes from coloratura to dramatic, with a list of soprano roles in the operatic and musical theater repertoire.
  
• Urban Dictionary: Contralto - Offers several informal definitions contributed by submitters.
  
• Special Considerations in the Training of the Bass Singer - Page from VoiceTeacher.com defines differences between basso profundo, basso cantablie (or lyrical bass), and bass-baritone.
  
• History of the Tenor Voice - Paper from the first international conference on Physiology and Acoustics of Singing (PAS), held in the Netherlands in 2002.
  
• Wikipedia: Baritone - Defines the singing range as lower than tenor but higher than bass, with subclassifications including lyric, bel canto and dramatic.
  
• Voice Definitions and Ranges - Explains how the names of polyphonic parts were adapted to identify voice types, with emphasis on the tenor and countertenor.
  
• (Un)official Countertenor Homepage, The - Directory of mini biographies of countertenors. Other music links.
  
  

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