“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”.
Blasorchester
for: 2 Alphorns in Gb & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589421
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 trumpets, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599407
Fun & Easy Band
for: Small wind band
CD
Item no.: 665924
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1557302
Überlieferte Musikstücke aus der "Stuffer-Musi" (um 1885)
15 volkstümliche Tänze für 2 Geigen bzw. Stubenmusik bearbeitet
Im Anhang 3 Stücke umgeschrieben für Hackbrett, Zither, Gitarre.
for: Folk music band
Ensemble score
Item no.: 407683
Piano-Vocal-Guitar Songbook
for: Piano and Piano Accordion
Buch
Item no.: 618222
Polka
for: Voice, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654359
Polka
7er-Besetzung
for: Flexible wind band (7 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654348
for: Piano
Item no.: 581371
from "Schwanda the Bagpiper"
Belwin Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 1696462
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seinen original Egerländer
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681640
Stephenson Music
for: Clarinet, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1166109
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 443558
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 219367
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1610695
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1596352
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1589080
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 190597
Három polka
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 254948
2 Polkas
original Burgenlandkapelle
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1671476
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 649359
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1532306
Melodie in Bb
for: Melodie in Bb
Item no.: 645247
for: Accordion
Item no.: 274827
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 193070
for: EL 1 2 SCHLAGZ
Item no.: 219789
for: Mandolin orchestra
Item no.: 647796
Polka
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 310750
for: Clarinet, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 295902
Single part Trombone 1 (C)
Item no.: 549254
for: Accordion
Item no.: 186256
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 202911
Polkaop. 166
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 356583
Polka
for: Small wind band
Clarinet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472636
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 564041
for: 2 VL GIT AKK
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 560894
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 578660
for: 2 violins
Item no.: 104037
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 145496
for: FL KLAR TRP POS
Item no.: 159686
Audio-CD
Item no.: 336057
Single part Tenor horn 1
Item no.: 549251
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Horn 1, 2 (E-flat)
Item no.: 478808
for: 2 clarinets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 397269
FÜR BLASORCHESTER
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 669957
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 959103
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