“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”.
Originale Unterhaltungsmusik
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169760
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1557296
for: SCHLAGZ EL
Item no.: 219131
Preciosa
for: Salon orchestra
Additional parts
Item no.: 158696
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 151346
for: Accordion
Item no.: 420580
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 169537
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 177064
Polka schnell
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308456
for: Tuba, concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1557318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 374616
Majestic
for: Accordion
Item no.: 313404
Sopran/Alt
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 273502
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273394
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273328
for: Accordion
Item no.: 578147
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557524
for: Accordion
Item no.: 265867
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 276691
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Horn 4 in F (orchestral part)
Item no.: 482689
Böhmische Polka
Originalausgabe von Die fidelen Münchhäuser
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 445464
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 127123
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 405543
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 297104
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 326441
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 297654
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 549248
Clarinet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 549244
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Tenor saxophone 2 in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226513
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Tenor saxophone 2 in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226512
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Tenor horn 3 in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226509
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 549250
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat) Violin clef
Item no.: 779265
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part Trombone in C
Item no.: 779263
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 171576
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 171574
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1589735
Blasorchester Noten / Concert Band
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1589065
Mährische Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1558321
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Trumpet [cornet], concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1065680
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 125993
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 125690
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 125679
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 488168
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 213466
for: Accordion
Item no.: 213383
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 260930
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