“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”.
Russische Musik der Moderne
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 482911
Rhythmus und Schwung
for: Accordion; voice ad lib.
Single edition
Item no.: 102009
Belwin Classic Library
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 403821
for: Accordion
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 373110
Eine Sammlung berühmter Klaviermusik aus drei Jahrhunderten
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 379456
for: Trombone, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 185983
Polka für Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 364735
6er Blech PLUS
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 949041
for: Percussion
Item no.: 549264
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 657244
für 4 Violoncelli
for: 4 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 108686
Polka
DER Klassiker unter den Festzelt-Schmankerln!
6er Blech PLUS
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1653751
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 494766
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1667074
Polka
Timo Hieske und seine Jungen Egerländer
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 960599
Version Bb - Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Clarinet
for: 2 trumpets [flugelhorns/ tenorhorns/ clarinets]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817762
"Southbrass"
Polka
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208991
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1664585
Polka
for: Accordion; melody instrument (B-flat) ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 220778
Original Bayerische Blasmusik vom Münchner Oktoberfest
for: Small wind band
Lyric book
Item no.: 549266
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 578319
for: Clarinet +Ssax +Piano
Book
Item no.: 1660597
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667455
13 weltbekannte Titel für Akkordeon
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 623171
Ernst Mosch & seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559589
Solistische Bravour-Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 208092
Zwei Polkas
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 346097
aus der Fernsehserie "Königlich-Bayerisches Amtsgericht"
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 156023
Polka für Steirische Harmonika in 2 Versionen (leicht und schwer)
for: Diatonic accordion
Music score
Item no.: 604382
Musik aus Österreich
Humoreske mit lustigen Einlagen
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657700
Der musikalische Salon, Band 52
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 480604
für Posaunenchor
for: 4 brass instruments
Partitur
Item no.: 346101
Arrangement for Piano solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197557
Potpourri
Polka – Walzer – Märsche
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1014092
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 797475
Zweistimmige Übungen für Bläsergruppen
for: 2 melodic instruments (C, Bass clef)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1664561
Polka schnell
Der musikalische Salon 34
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 159165
Chodounska
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 362875
Spielheft für Steirische Harmonika in Griffschrift
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (notes and tablature), online audio (app)
Item no.: 1688121
Polka
Ausgabe kleine Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651490
Polka
Einzelausgabe für Steirische Harmonika in Griffschrift inkl. Aufnahme
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (tablature), online audio (app)
Item no.: 1031622
Polka
Egerländer – die kleine Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1170141
Original Bayerische Blasmusik vom Münchner Oktoberfest
for: Small wind band
Lyric book
Item no.: 1681527
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1658609
for: Piano
Item no.: 1661589
Polka
Original Kapelle Egerland
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1652337
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 181145
Polka
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 3
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 347785
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