“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 orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 242356
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 242354
Polka schnell
Single part Bass instrument 1
Item no.: 578898
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771542
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672685
JSGA I/7/5
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 639037
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 222235
Single part Zither 1
Item no.: 185381
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 299053
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 222442
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
Part 2 in F (horn)
Item no.: 771525
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 757245
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 757244
(quasi Galopp) JSGA I/16/4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638356
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 219792
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 582397
Single part Zither 2
Item no.: 369189
for: Accordion orchestra
Single parts 1, 2 (Accordion)
Item no.: 269072
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn (E-flat) 3
Item no.: 771553
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Trombone 3 in B-flat (treble clef) (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771547
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Bass instrument in E-flat (treble clef) (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771546
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771543
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part baritone horn in B-flat (treble clef)
Item no.: 771534
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672684
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part 1 [baritone horn / euphonium / tenor horn] (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 771535
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672686
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat)
Item no.: 549263
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 218894
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 220584
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 219877
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Tuba 2 in C (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226510
for: Small wind band
Single part Alto saxophone 1
Item no.: 368451
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part 3 (trombone)
Item no.: 771551
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771539
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 734478
op. 91
for: 4 mandolins
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 643986
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678605
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219790
Akkordeon
for: Accordion
Single part(n)
Item no.: 393556
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Saxophone alto 2 in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678607
(quasi Galopp) JSGA I/16/4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638211
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Single part 1 in E-flat (Alto saxophone)
Item no.: 678606
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 299054
Single part Bass instrument 1 (C)
Item no.: 136236
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4 (Bass instrument), Percussion
Item no.: 220505
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 222236
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