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Supraphon is the most common name under which the Czechoslovakian state music publishing company was known. The origins of this firm go back to 1949 when Czech music publishers, among which Pazdírek, Urbánek, Hudební Matice, and Emanuel Starý, were nationalized. In 1951 some firms were brought together under Národní hudební nakladatelství Orbis (People’s own music publisher Orbis) while the imprint Hudební Matice remained also in use.
In 1953, Orbis became a self standing department of Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění (SNKLHU, State Publishers of Literature, Music and Art). In 1955 the Dvořák Complete Edition was started. As early as 1956, the cooperation between Bärenreiter and Editio Supraphon began, when Karl Vötterle, the founder of Bärenreiter, was able to secure the rights for publishing Czech music editions in the western world.
In 1961 the firm was split into two firms, Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění (State literature publisher) and Státní hudební vydavatelství (State Music Publishers). The latter became Editio Supraphon in 1967, but the name change was backdated to 1961. In 1978, Editio Supraphon and Bärenreiter started co-producing the Janáček Complete Edition. In the 1980s Bärenreiter printed licensed editions of works that were out of stock at Editio Supraphon.
After the fall of the Soviet and Eastern Bloc regimes, beginning in 1990, the music publishing part of the company was separated from the incorporated company and converted into a separate but still state-owned firm. It was privatized under the name of Editio Praga in 1993 and ceased to exist in 2000.
Supraphon and its predecessors had an emphasis on publishing works of Czech composers, including contemporary composers as well as classical artists (with complete editions of Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák - Souborné Vydání díla), Smetana, Janáček, and two monumental historical series: Musica antiqua bohemica, Classical-era Bohemian instrumental works, and Musica Viva Historica, European 18th century works).
The nationalised Hudební Matice changed its H.M. imprint to H ####, which was continued by the respective state music publishers. Issues with prefix H.M., preceding the change to H ####, should still go in the Hudební Matice table.
Titles from the Hudební Matice catalogue were frequently reprinted with new plate numbers. Orbis used the imprint EO ###.
Plate | Composer | Work | Year |
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EO | 3Voříšek | Piano Sonata, Op.20 (ed. Kundera) MAB 4 | 1949 |
EO 135 | Novák | Variations on a Theme by Schumann, Op.4 (ed. Máslo) | 1950 |
EO 139 | Godard | Etudes, Op.149 Book 1 (ed. Karel Hoffmeister) | 1950 |
EO 246 | Fibich | 5 Feuillets d'Album, Op.2 | 1950 |
EO 297 | Suk | About Mother, Op.28 | 1950 |
EO 298 | Suk | Spring, Op.22a | 1950 |
EO 305 | Fibich | Etudes Picturales, Op.56 | 1951 |
EO 384 | Fibich | Moods, Impressions, and Souvenirs, Op.41 (book 1) | 1951 |
EO 425 | Fibich | Moods, Impressions, and Souvenirs, Op.41 (book 2) | 1951 |
EO 475 | Novák | Sonatinas, Op.54 | 1951 |
EO 479 | Novák | Sonata Eroica, Op.24 | 1951 |
EO 675 | Fibich | Moods, Impressions, and Souvenirs, Op.41 (book 3) | 1951 |
EO 738 | Fibich | Romance, Op.10 (Šolc/Sorm edition?) | 1951 |