“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
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1689515
Gewidmet den Schönegger Almmusikanten
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678429
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677632
7er-Besetzung
Polka
for: Flexible wind band (7 parts)
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654369
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654363
7er-Besetzung
Polka
for: Flexible wind band (7 parts)
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654367
7er-Besetzung
for: Flexible wind band (7 parts)
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1654357
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654343
Polka
for: Voice, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654359
Polka
7er-Besetzung
for: Flexible wind band (7 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654348
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654352
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654354
Polka – 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1651347
for: Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
Instrumental Duet
Item no.: 1638619
F
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1563454
from the ballet 'Solitaire'
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558250
from the ballet 'Solitaire'
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1558247
für Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1544051
für Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1544052
für Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1544044
für Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1544056
Konzertpolka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1355877
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1351625
Polka
Edition Deine Blasmusik
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1351607
7er-Besetzung
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1351624
Polka (fast) after "The Bat" op. 365
'cello by Birtel 48
for: 3 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1340858
(Polka)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1340652
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192705
Polka
Ausgabe kleine Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1053305
Polka
Einzelausgabe für Steirische Harmonika in Griffschrift inkl. Aufnahme
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (tablature), online audio (app)
Item no.: 1031622
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020827
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019969
Polka
7er-Besetzung/Kleine Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1019958
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019950
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019954
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019931
Polka
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1019956
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019961
Polka
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1019947
Das Original Downhill-Lied zum Olympiasieg von Franz Klammer 1976 in Innsbruck (inkl. Jingle-Version)
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019943
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1019966
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019983
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019988
Polka
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1019975
Polka
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1018110
Polka schnell für Orchester op. 261
Neuausgabe Josef Strauss
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1013876
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1012993
Polka
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013006
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