“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: 7 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817679
for: 3 trumpets, bass trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba
Set of parts
Item no.: 817674
for: 7 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817692
for: 6 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817678
for: 5 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817677
Musikantische Duette für Blechbläser
for: Flugelhorn, tenor horn [bass trumpet/baritone horn/trombone]
Set of parts
Item no.: 817634
for: 5 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817650
Polka für grosses Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Conductors score reduction, set of parts
Item no.: 816905
Polka Reggae
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797491
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 797475
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 770547
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 797396
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 797390
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797198
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797193
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797199
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796032
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796033
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796034
Musik im Trio 12
for: Treble recorder, violin, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781393
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part Flugelhorn (B-flat)
Item no.: 779252
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part Trombone in B-flat
Item no.: 779262
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
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part tenor horn (in C)
Item no.: 779260
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part tenor horn (b-flat)
Item no.: 779257
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part tuba (C)
Item no.: 779267
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
Ausgabe für 7er-Besetzung/ kleine Blasmusikbesetzung
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778985
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
Ausgabe für 7er-Besetzung/ kleine Blasmusikbesetzung
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778982
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778958
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
Ausgabe für 7er-Besetzung/ kleine Blasmusikbesetzung
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778992
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778976
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
Ausgabe für 7er-Besetzung
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778994
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778980
Polkas und Walzer
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778840
Polka-Bravourstück
Musik für Blechbläser
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778779
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778671
Historical sheet music
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774493
Echt böhmisch und nicht nur zu diesem Anlass zu spielen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773771
Echt böhmisch und nicht nur zu diesem Anlass zu spielen
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773770
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773765
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Baritone horn (C)
Item no.: 771552
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771542
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet (E-flat)
Item no.: 771558
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 771540
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn 1 (F)
Item no.: 771526
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Part 2 in F (horn)
Item no.: 771525
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Flugelhorn 1
Item no.: 771541
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