“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”.
Originalnoten von Alpenblech für kleine Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681862
Polka
Kurt Pascher und seine Original Böhmerwälder Musikanten
Edition Bergsee
for: Small wind band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1557336
Böhmische Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681701
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681724
Blasorchester
for: 3 Trumpets & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588253
Keyboard, Drums & Percussions optional
for: 3 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 596171
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597925
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192705
Böhmische Polka
Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1686591
Polka
Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 681319
Kurt Pascher und seine Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: 2 flugelhorns, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1589751
Polka für ein tiefes Soloinstrument und Blasorchester
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/F/E-flat/C low), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1589050
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 672029
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 291246
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 657475
Marschpolka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656298
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 484653
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 470483
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 275288
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 472125
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1690001
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684760
for: für Violine und Klavier
Item no.: 357988
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 19
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 475258
op. 201
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 456214
komponiert für einen jungen Elefanten
for: Saxophon-Quartett (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 604415
für Streicher
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 268850
Heft 1, 30 kleine Spiel- u. Übungsstücke für den Anfang.
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Item no.: 283091
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305356
for: 2 harps
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 655559
I 7 / 12
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 158182
Hal Leonard Flex-Band Series
for brass, woodwind or strings / includes percussion
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681951
Carpe Diem Folk Music Series
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 676857
Polka Reggae
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797491
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677502
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1639357
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632334
4er Notenset
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 1651187
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 648272
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008804
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641201
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677624
aus dem Jugendalbum, op. 39 (Nr. 14)
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 5435
Polka
Franz Watz präsentiert
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1169811
Polka
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560177
Polka française
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1566964
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559584
Polka
for: 3 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560326
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