“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”.
Haj, Husicky, haj!
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part
Item no.: 186572
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Trombone 3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 585890
for: 2 TRP FLHRN 3 POS
Item no.: 401574
Preciosa
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 297381
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 408309
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 326322
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796033
Single edition
Item no.: 410538
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 125992
for: Bass instrument (E-flat)
Item no.: 549261
Polka und Walzer
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1671447
Loessnitzer Blasmusik 6
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 143981
for: Zither
Single part(n)
Item no.: 101822
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 125987
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558315
Concert Polka
for: Alto- or Tenor Saxophone and Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 348358
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 269174
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 213292
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Tenor horn 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 209125
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 492141
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 304926
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Trumpet [Flugelhorn] 1
Item no.: 209123
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958007
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957895
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958206
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957821
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958686
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958236
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958070
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958900
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958754
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958188
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958146
for: Small wind band
Single part Tenor horn 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 660162
for: Orchestra
Salonorchester-Ergänzung (Zusatzstimmen für großes Orchester)
Item no.: 299077
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268848
for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 222232
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186928
Die Polka
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696730
Traditionelle Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696721
Traditionelle Polka
for: 7 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696697
Concert Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 678144
Polka mit Gesang
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 674067
Pennsylvania Polka akk3 (akkorCh)
for: 3. Akkordeon (Akkordeon-Orchester)
Stimme(n)
Item no.: 648052
Walzer, für gem. Chor, Orchester (Klavier)
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 644753
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1557355
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