“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”.
for: Trombone/Baritone/Euphonium
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 958725
for: Voice, small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 634471
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958055
for: Bassoon / Trombone / Baritone
Einzelstimme
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Piano score, Solo parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
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for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 261635
for: Orchestra
Study score
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Blasmusik
for: BLM TRP POS
Set of parts
Item no.: 393500
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187457
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185941
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185661
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (notes and tablature), online audio (app)
Item no.: 457247
for: Diatonic accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 220586
Der Musikalische Salon 7
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, part
Item no.: 365385
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 491995
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188539
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Clarinet/Saxophone/Trumpet/Euphonium/Baritone/Trombone/Bass Tuba
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for: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
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for: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
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for: Blasorchester
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for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683213
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683155
for: Blasorchester
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for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682840
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682784
for: Blasorchester
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for: Blasorchester
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for: Blasorchester
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for: Blasorchester
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for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
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for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
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for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
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for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
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for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198610
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188541
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 688697
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