“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”.
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
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684760
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
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
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
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305356
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 275288
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 472125
for: 2 harps
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 655559
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1690001
Polka
Neuausgabe nach dem Autograph
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 677773
for: String orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 218200
Polka
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958032
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1561062
for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 222439
for: Accordion orchestra
Item no.: 221610
for: STEIR HH OKARINA (BFL)
Item no.: 245828
JSGA I/7/5
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 637569
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 310666
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Clarinet (E-flat)
Item no.: 331164
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 273906
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273468
for: TENOR 1 2 KLAV
Item no.: 278129
for: Schwyzerörgeli
Item no.: 265836
Michael Klostermann Und Seine Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377911
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 377603
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 365682
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 487982
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 446112
Polka
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 412400
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 143968
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 281252
Mährische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 137884
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 410657
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 149803
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