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A municipality is usually a single urban administrative division having corporate status and powers ___MASK5___ self - government or jurisdiction as granted by national and state laws , to which it is subordinate . It is to be distinguished from the county , which may encompass rural territory and / or numerous small communities such as towns , villages and hamlets . The term " municipality " may also mean the governing or ruling body ___MASK5___ a given municipality . A municipality is a general - purpose administrative subdivision , as opposed to a special - purpose district . The term is derived from French " municipalité " and Latin " municipalis ". The ___MASK75___ is the main constituent country ___MASK5___ the Kingdom ___MASK5___ the ___MASK75___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three island territories in the Caribbean . The European part ___MASK5___ the ___MASK75___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK75___ are Amsterdam , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat ___MASK5___ government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole ___MASK5___ the country ___MASK5___ the ___MASK75___ . Vocal range is the measure ___MASK5___ the breadth ___MASK5___ pitches that a human voice can phonate . Although the study ___MASK5___ vocal range has little practical application in terms ___MASK5___ speech , it is a topic ___MASK5___ study within linguistics , phonetics , and speech and language pathology , particularly in relation to the study ___MASK5___ tonal languages and certain types ___MASK5___ vocal disorders . However , the most common application ___MASK5___ the term " vocal range " is within the context ___MASK5___ singing , where it is used as one ___MASK5___ the major defining characteristics for classifying singing voices into groups known as voice types . A voice type is a particular human singing voice identified as having certain qualities or characteristics ___MASK5___ vocal range , vocal weight , tessitura , vocal timbre , and vocal transition points (" passaggio "), such as breaks and lifts within the voice . Other considerations are physical characteristics , speech level , scientific testing , and vocal register . A singer ' s voice type is identified by a process known as voice classification , by which the human voice is evaluated and thereby designated into a particular voice type . The discipline ___MASK5___ voice classification developed within European classical music and is not generally applicable to other forms ___MASK5___ singing . Voice classification is often used within opera to associate possible roles with potential voices . Several different voice classification systems are available to identify voice types , including the German " Fach " system and the choral music system among many others ; no system is universally applied or accepted . Overijssel ( Dutch Low ___MASK23___ : " Oaveriessel " ) is a province ___MASK5___ the Netherlands in the central - eastern part ___MASK5___ the country . The province ' s name translates to "[ Land ] across the IJssel ", from the perspective ___MASK5___ the bishopric ___MASK5___ Utrecht by which it was held until 1528 . The capital city ___MASK5___ Overijssel is ___MASK19___ and the largest city is Enschede . The province has a population ___MASK5___ 1 , 113 , 529 inhabitants . Tenor is a type ___MASK5___ classical ___MASK51___ singing voice whose vocal range is one ___MASK5___ the highest ___MASK5___ the ___MASK51___ voice types . The tenor ' s vocal range ( in choral music ) lies between C , the C one octave below middle C , and A , the A above middle C . In solo work , this range extends up to C , or " tenor high C ". The low extreme for tenors is roughly A ( two As below middle C ). At the highest extreme , some tenors can sing up to two Fs above middle C ( F ). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the " leggero " tenor , lyric tenor , spinto tenor , dramatic tenor , heldentenor , and tenor buffo or spieltenor . A bass - baritone is a high - lying bass or low - lying " classical " baritone voice type which shares certain qualities with the true baritone voice . The term arose in the late 19th century to describe the particular type ___MASK5___ voice required to sing three Wagnerian roles : the Dutchman in " Der fliegende Holländer ", Wotan / Der Wanderer in the " Ring Cycle " and Hans Sachs in " Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ". Wagner labelled these roles as " Hoher Bass " (" high bass ") see fach for more details . A city is a large and permanent human settlement . Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , ___MASK97___ , or historical status based on local law . ___MASK81___ (" Qazan ") is the capital and largest city ___MASK5___ the ___MASK64___ , ___MASK50___ . With a population ___MASK5___ 1 , 143 , 535 , it is the eighth most populous city in ___MASK50___ . ___MASK81___ lies at the confluence ___MASK5___ the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European ___MASK50___ . The ___MASK81___ Kremlin is a World Heritage Site . The Tatars are a Turkic people living in Asia and Europe who were one ___MASK5___ the five major tribal confederations (" khanlig ") in the Mongolian plateau in the 12th century CE . The name " Tatar " first appears in written form on the Kul Tigin monument as  (" TaTaR "). Historically , the term " Tatars " was applied to a variety ___MASK5___ Turco - Mongol semi - nomadic empires who controlled the vast region known as Tartary . More recently , however , the term refers more narrowly to people who speak one ___MASK5___ the Turkic languages . Michael ( Gregory ) Minsky , (  (  )  ) born Michael Spirin ( Spiridonov ) , also known as Mino Minzer and between Ukrainians as Myhailo Minsky ( 12 August 1918 , Bagaevo , Tatarstan -- 9 October 1988 , ___MASK19___ , Netherlands ) was a baritone singer , one of the finest interpreters of Russian and Ukrainian songs , and a conductor of the Don Cossack Choir Serge Jaroff . Volga ( Privolzhsky ) ___MASK1___ (" Privolzhsky federalny okrug ") is one ___MASK5___ the eight federal districts ___MASK5___ Russia . It forms the southeastern part ___MASK5___ European Russia . Its population was 29 , 899 , 699 ( 70 . 8 % urban ) according to the 2010 Census , living on an area ___MASK5___ . Mikhail Babich was appointed the federal district ' s Presidential Envoy on December 15 , 2011 . Tatarstan , officially the ___MASK64___ is a federal subject ( a republic ) of the Russian Federation , located in the Volga Federal District . Its capital is the city of Kazan . The republic borders Kirov , Ulyanovsk , Samara , and Orenburg Oblasts , the Mari El , Udmurt , and Chuvash Republics , and the Republic of Bashkortostan . The area of the republic is . The unofficial Tatarstan motto is : " Bez Buldrabz !" (" We can !"). As of the 2010 Census the population of Tatarstan was 3 , 786 , 488 . ___MASK71___ (" Orenburgskaya oblast ") is a federal subject ___MASK5___ Russia ( an oblast ). Its administrative ___MASK93___ is the city ___MASK5___ Orenburg . From 1938 to 1957 , it bore the name " Chkalov Oblast " in honor ___MASK5___ Valery Chkalov . Population : 2 , 033 , 072 ( 2010 Census ). Geography . The most important river ___MASK5___ the oblast is the Ural . ___MASK19___ is a municipality and the capital city of the province of Overijssel , Netherlands . It has a population around 125 , 000 . A baritone is a type ___MASK5___ classical ___MASK51___ singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types . It is the most common ___MASK51___ voice . Originally from the Greek , meaning " deep ( or heavy ) sounding ", music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C ( i . e . F  F ) in choral music , and from the second A below middle C to the A above middle C ( A to A ) in operatic music , but can be extended at either end . The baritone voice type is generally divided into the baryton - Martin baritone ( light baritone ), lyric baritone , " Kavalierbariton ", Verdi baritone , dramatic baritone , " baryton - noble " baritone , and the bass - baritone . Singing is the act ___MASK5___ producing musical sounds with the voice , and augments regular speech by the use ___MASK5___ sustained tonality , rhythm , and a variety ___MASK5___ vocal techniques . A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist . Singers perform music ( arias , recitatives , songs , etc .) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments . Singing is often done in an ensemble ___MASK5___ musicians , such as a choir ___MASK5___ singers or a band ___MASK5___ instrumentalists . Singers may perform as soloists , or accompanied by anything from a single instrument ( as in art song or some jazz styles ) up to a symphony orchestra or big band . Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera , religious music styles such as gospel , traditional music styles , world music , jazz , blues and popular music styles such as pop and rock .