“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: Accordion
Item no.: 220579
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 125993
for: Accordion
Music score
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for: Accordion
Music score
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for: Diatonic accordion
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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
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for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 213466
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 218801
for: Accordion
Item no.: 213383
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 260930
I 23 / 7
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305355
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
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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
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for: 2 violins
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for: Diatonic accordion
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for: FL KLAR TRP POS
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Audio-CD
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Single part Tenor horn 1
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Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Horn 1, 2 (E-flat)
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for: 2 clarinets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
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FÜR BLASORCHESTER
for: Small wind band
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Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 959103
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat)
Item no.: 660165
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score
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Walzer
for: Concert band
Score
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Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score
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Walzer
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958642
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