“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”.
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684833
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684824
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684819
Der Musikalische Salon 7
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, part
Item no.: 365385
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 602237
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560513
DILETTO MUSICALE
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 637428
komponiert für einen jungen Elephanten
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 289043
op. 214
for: 4 Blockflöten (SSAA) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355208
Spielheft für Steirische Harmonika in Griffschrift
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (notes and tablature), online audio (app)
Item no.: 457247
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277588
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 104022
Elmar Wolf
Die neuen Egerländer
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 244266
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 363628
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 314988
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 944894
Polka
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1167599
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1168989
Polka
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1163927
Walzer, Märsche, Polkas, Ragtimes aus dem Giftschrank der Orgelliteratur
Musik zum Schmunzeln
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 636077
Blasmusik
for: BLM TRP POS
Set of parts
Item no.: 393500
Chodounska-Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553870
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 226600
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192628
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 261635
"Southbrass"
Polka
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208991
Version Bb - Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Clarinet
for: 2 trumpets [flugelhorns/ tenorhorns/ clarinets]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817762
Solopolka
for: Trumpet, concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1672113
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1683218
Solo für Alphorn für kleine Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: Alphorn (solo), 3 trumpets, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673068
(Jany Polka)
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1684806
Polka mit Text des Alpenlandquintetts
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1690482
Polka als Solo für 3 Trompeten
for: 3 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1696794
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländler Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559489
Polka
for: Concert band
Score (C)
Item no.: 1169757
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1664585
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632267
Polka–Mazurka op. 330
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632402
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1639394
Polka
Ernst Mosch & seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559966
Polka mit Text
Neue böhmische Blasmusik
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560141
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558299
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558292
Böhmische Besetzung
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1638957
Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553882
Polka schnell op. 281
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560107
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590273
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 465625
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