Pengarang: Tim Crawford

Matthew Spring read music and history at Keele University and at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he completed his DPhil on the lute, and is currently Reader in Music at Bath Spa University. He performs with a number of Early Music ensembles and has made a large number of recordings. His book The Lute in Britain, A History of the Lute and its Music (2001) was the Winner of the AMIS Bessaraboff Prize. He has worked extensively on lute music and received an award from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to complete his edition of the The Balcarres Manuscript (2010).