“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”.
(Hey Rosi)
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 770575
for: Accordion
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 373110
Eine Sammlung berühmter Klaviermusik aus drei Jahrhunderten
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 379456
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1169755
Carpe Diem Folk Music Series
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 676857
Polka Reggae
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797491
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677502
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1639357
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632334
4er Notenset
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 1651187
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 648272
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008804
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641201
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677624
Polka
Franz Watz präsentiert
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1169811
Walzerlied
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1589063
Polka
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560177
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560513
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1610676
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1610814
Polka française
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1566964
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559584
Polka
for: 3 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560326
für 5-stg kleine Blasmusik, Akkordeon und Schlagzeug ad lib.
RUNDELs Kleine Blasmusik (Quintett +)
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560195
Walzer
Guido Henn und seine Goldene Blasmusik
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1563123
Hasicská polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1557365
Original für Klavier
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 644401
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560182
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632484
Polka schnell op. 324
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1639398
2 Polkas
Böhmische Blasmusik
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559587
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684833
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684824
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684819
Polka
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 954593
Version Bb - Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Clarinet
for: 2 trumpets [flugelhorns/ tenorhorns/ clarinets]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817762
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1669929
Chodounska-Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553870
komponiert für einen jungen Elephanten
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 289043
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 alto saxophones, piano [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313561
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 208095
Boehmische Blasmusik
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 276690
Learning With Fun
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 491995
Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553878
for: POS-B 3 (THRN)
Item no.: 549259
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 303486
(Wenn wir froh mit Pferd und Wagen...)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188539
Originalfassung
4/3/2/2/1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 154087
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