“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”.
für Streicher
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268850
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305356
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 19
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 475258
for: 4 Klarinetten
Buch
Item no.: 368202
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 366101
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 365579
Zwei Polkas
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560498
für Violine und Klavier
for: 1-2 Violinen, Klavier
Score, solo part
Item no.: 173472
for: Accordion
Item no.: 167974
op. 201
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 456214
for: für Violine und Klavier
Item no.: 357988
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 202909
Morceaux Tres Faciles En Grosses Notes Pour Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411677
Einzelausgabe
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 410785
for: Big band [band/salon orchestra]
Item no.: 410617
mit Saxophon- und Schweizer Stimmen – aus der ZDF-Sendung "Lustige Musikanten"
Robert Payer und seine Original-Burgenkapelle
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 111268
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 168430
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151615
EMB Leggiero
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 168757
komponiert für einen jungen Elefanten
for: Saxophon-Quartett (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 604415
Marschpolka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445467
für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Set of parts
Item no.: 132461
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 672029
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311552
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311459
Akkordeon
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 136583
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562891
Am Schlossberg
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562890
Marsch–Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562883
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1562772
Bravour–Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562619
Polka
7er-Besetzung/Kleine Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562601
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562127
Böhmische Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562012
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1562000
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560884
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019969
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1012993
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
Ausgabe für 7er-Besetzung/ kleine Blasmusikbesetzung
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778985
I 7 / 12
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 158182
Heft 1, 30 kleine Spiel- u. Übungsstücke für den Anfang.
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Item no.: 283091
for: Violin
Item no.: 467225
Alphorn in Gb / Sol bémol
for: Alphorn (G-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599577
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 trumpets, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599373
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 trumpets, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 598592
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597925
Die Musizierstunde~Spiel In Kleinen Gruppen 155
for: OB (FL) KLAR FAG (BASS-KLAR)
Item no.: 334376
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 violins, piano [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312835
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