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Editions of Music

My editorial work focuses on the transcription and publication of early music sources, with an emphasis on lute manuscripts and song collections. These editions aim to make historically significant repertoire accessible to scholars, performers, and enthusiasts, providing both faithful transcriptions and practical interpretations.

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Below is a selection of some of my published editions.

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Introduction to the Lute Society Facsimile Edition of The Cambridge Lute Manuscripts
vol.2 Dd.5.78.3 General editor John Robinson (2015)
The Songs of Alonso Mudarra, ed. and trans. By Matthew Spring and Stephen Haynes (Lute Society Publications 2020)
The Balcarres Manuscript. ed. and trans. by Matthew Spring, Music of Scotland 02, by University of Glasgow and Aberdeen Press (2010), 2 vols., 204 and 208 pp. 978-0-85261-846-2 and 979-0-900037-1-7
Eight Pieces by Cuthbert Hely for Ten-Course Lute, ed. and trans. by Matthew Spring (Lute Society Publications, 1993). ISBN 0-905655-04-4
Thirty Preludes in all (24) Keys for Lute by John Wilson, ed. and trans. by Matthew Spring (Utrecht, Diapason Press DP 49 (Houton: Diapason Press, 1992). 
John Wilson, Cheerfull Ayres or Ballads (1659/60), by Matthew Spring
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