How to back up iTunes Match music to external HDD

I have had an iTunes Match account for several years. Since I now use a retina MBP, I have deleted the matched music from my SSD to save space. Now I would like to make a complete backup of all my music to an external HDD. How can I do that without having to download all 60+ GB to my MBP SSD first and then copying it to the external HDD?

I backed everything up when I subscribed to Music Match. Since then, I have purchased additional music from iTunes and Amazon which was not backed up. However, most of the music was ripped at a lower bit rate and Music Match makes that music available at the higher bit rate with better sound quality. That is the primary reason for wanting to download the higher bit rate versions and replace the older backup versions.

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