“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: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 410501
for: Piccolo, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 241683
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445460
Polka
Belgano
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 368480
Polka und Walzer
Melodien aus dem Egerländer Repertoire
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559752
Polka für 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673071
Polka für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Partitur in den Fassungen AB/C
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684844
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 669833
in Originalbesetzung
for: Small wind band
Set of parts
Item no.: 151810
Polka
7er-Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562885
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562879
Polka
7er-Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562782
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Tenor horn, baritone, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562771
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019988
for: 5 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817677
Polka schnell
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562560
Polka-Bravourstück
Musik für Blechbläser
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778779
Polka schnell
Wiener Musik Edition
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1615989
für Streichquartett Wiener Melange
Sperl-Polka / Annen-Polka / Damen-Souvenier-Polka
for: 2 violins, viola, cello/double bass
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 192085
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 350229
(from the ballet Sylvia)
Highland/Etling Strictly Strings
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 942731
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192704
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192624
Polka für grosses Blasorchester
Ernst Hutter und die Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 457181
Walzer
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958209
Walzer und Polka
DIE BURGENLANDKAPELLE SPIELT AUF
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 406135
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 397193
Heitere Polka
for: Tuba, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 397132
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 959050
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958752
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and 3 Trombones
Score
Item no.: 957826
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1689515
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310924
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310846
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 horns (E-flat), piano [keyboard]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1312688
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690434
Polka und Volksweise
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560215
Rhapsodic Poem
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186358
Blasorchester
for: 2 Alphorns in F & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589422
für 4 Blechbläser
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 597315
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592834
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] Keyboard, Drums, Percussions optional
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597514
und 2 Tuben
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 2 EUPH 2 TUBA, 4 TUBA
Sheet music
Item no.: 596804
Drums & Percussions optional
for: Trombone, keyboard [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 593972
Zweistimmige Übungen für Bläsergruppen
for: 2 melodic instruments (B-flat)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 168207
Die Egerländer Rebellen
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1652336
Young Band Edition
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689946
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