“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”.
RUNDELs Kleine Blasmusik
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215796
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677773
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677772
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677774
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677775
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677776
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Trombone 3 (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657807
Jubilejní polka
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 678195
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1657754
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 1657755
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part tenor horn (in C)
Item no.: 1664640
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Single part baritone horn [trombone] (C)
Item no.: 1657927
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
Trompete (ad lib)
for: Small wind band
Single part Trumpet (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657887
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Baritone horn (C)
Item no.: 190128
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 1657864
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat)
Item no.: 1657863
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn 1 (F)
Item no.: 1657841
Polka für Blaskapelle
for: Small wind band
Flugelhorn 1 in Bb (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1556380
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 472635
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Single part Baritone horn (C)
Item no.: 1657655
15 Stimmungshits
for: Small wind band; voice ad lib.
Baritone horn in B-flat, Treble Clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1653169
Polka für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 648045
Arbeitsbuch – Übungen – Lösungsteil
Spiralbindung
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 180971
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