“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”.
Polkas und Walzer
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778840
Polka-Bravourstück
Musik für Blechbläser
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 778779
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778671
Historical sheet music
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774493
Echt böhmisch und nicht nur zu diesem Anlass zu spielen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773771
Echt böhmisch und nicht nur zu diesem Anlass zu spielen
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773770
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773765
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Baritone horn (C)
Item no.: 771552
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771542
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet (E-flat)
Item no.: 771558
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 771540
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn 1 (F)
Item no.: 771526
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Part 2 in F (horn)
Item no.: 771525
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Flugelhorn 1
Item no.: 771541
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn (E-flat) 3
Item no.: 771553
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Trombone 3 in B-flat (treble clef) (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771547
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Bass instrument in E-flat (treble clef) (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771546
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771543
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part baritone horn in B-flat (treble clef)
Item no.: 771534
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part 1 [baritone horn / euphonium / tenor horn] (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 771535
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 771544
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part 3 (trombone)
Item no.: 771551
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trumpet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771539
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Trombone 2 in B-flat (treble clef) (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771548
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 771560
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trombone 1 (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 771550
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Bass instrument 2 (C)
Item no.: 771531
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Baritone saxophone
Item no.: 771556
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trombone 2 (C)
Item no.: 771532
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 771530
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat) Violin clef
Item no.: 771545
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Clarinet (B-flat) 3
Item no.: 771527
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn (E-flat) 1
Item no.: 771538
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trombone 1 (C)
Item no.: 771533
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 771559
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Bass clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 771557
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trumpet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 771554
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn 2 (E-flat)
Item no.: 771537
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Part 3 in F (horn)
Item no.: 771536
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part voice
Item no.: 771529
(Hey Rosi)
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 770575
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 75
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 769252
Polka op. 45
Beliebte Piècen
Der Musikalische Salon 108
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet); percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 766807
Die blonde Luise
Polka
for: Small wind band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 766074
Tolle Ssaxophon-Trios für alle gleich gestimmten Saxophone
mp3–Download inklusive
for: 3 saxophones (same tuning)
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 765503
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 parts); percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 762367
Polka française
Strauss Edition Wien/ Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 695291
Polka
Origial Kapelle Egerland
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 694071
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