“To dance is human, to polka is divine” K.D. Lang, Canadian Singer-Songwriter
If you think that the polka is originally a Polish dance, then you are way off! This popular dance is one of the cultural treasures of another small middle European country. If you would like to know more about the origins of this Czech dance, then browse our sheet music & scores, and explore all the marvellous Polkas Stretta has to offer!
It is no longer known exactly where and when the polka came to be, but from the early 19th century the predecessor of the polka, the “Nimra”, was becoming very popular. The next development was the “Maděra”, which was then renamed to the “Půlka”, which was later renamed the Polka.
The polka was already well known around Europe, and by the 1840s, and it had become one of the favourite dances in the courts of Vienna. Johann Strauss I was also fascinated by the polka in Prague, and subsequently composed several polkas himself. The polka was also very popular with the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, who composed polkas for piano, and also used them in his symphonic and operatic works including Vltava and The Bartered Bride.
Like many other folk dances, the polka found its way into the ballets of the 19th century, in the form of the “Polka Hongroise” or “French Polka”, particularly in works by Léo Delibes. In Vienna the “Polka Schnell” or “Quick Polka” was also popular for a long time, often penned by Johann Strauss II.
One of the most famous polka melodies, which has travelled the world in many different versions, is Jaromír Vejvoda’s “Škoda lásky” known also as “Rosamunde” or “The Beer Barrel Polka”.
Polka
7er-Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562885
Polka
7er-Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562782
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Tenor horn, baritone, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562771
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019988
for: 5 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817677
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445460
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 295465
Polka
Belgano
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 368480
for: Piccolo, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 241683
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 107131
Polka und Walzer
Melodien aus dem Egerländer Repertoire
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559752
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 410501
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 602045
for: Flugelhorn, tenor horn, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 140098
Walzer und Polka
DIE BURGENLANDKAPELLE SPIELT AUF
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 406135
für's 18–bässig Schwyzer–Oergeli
for: Schwyzerörgeli
Music score
Item no.: 265837
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 155555
for: Guitar [keyboard]
Item no.: 549265
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310846
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310924
Polka-Bravourstück
Musik für Blechbläser
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778779
Polka schnell
Wiener Musik Edition
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1615989
Medley
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 182961
Polka schnell
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562560
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192624
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 350229
Polka und Volksweise
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560215
Zweistimmige Übungen für Bläsergruppen
for: 2 melodic instruments (B-flat)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 168207
for: 4 cellos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253404
for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1254331
Polka für grosses Blasorchester
Ernst Hutter und die Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 457181
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 397193
Heitere Polka
for: Tuba, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 397132
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029028
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 horns (E-flat), piano [keyboard]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1312688
Marsch und Polka
mit Saxophon- und Schweizer Stimmen
Robert Payer und seine Original-Burgenland-Kapelle
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1671437
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] Keyboard, Drums, Percussions optional
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597514
und 2 Tuben
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 2 EUPH 2 TUBA, 4 TUBA
Sheet music
Item no.: 596804
Drums & Percussions optional
for: Trombone, keyboard [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 593972
für 4 Blechbläser
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 597315
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592834
Schnellpolka
Kurt Pascher und seine Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 679234
Gitti und Erica
Polka
for: Small wind band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 208088
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 208083
Polka
Ernst Hutter & Die Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 465234
Polka für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684800
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701609
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