“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”.
Woodwind Quartet
Die Musizierstunde-Ensemble Time MZ 43
for: Flute, 3 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 606998
Frankfurter Blockfloetentaenze 6
for: 2 descant recorders
Item no.: 394252
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102310
Märsche, Walzer und Polkas für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Audio-CD
Item no.: 679633
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 491720
Schnell-Polka, Galopp
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 559180
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 576137
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654354
Blasorchester
for: Tuba Solo or Tuba Section & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588258
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588174
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588171
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 alto saxophones, piano [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311765
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 violins, piano [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313654
(Keyboard und Schlagzeug ad lib)
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 590456
Keyboard, Drums & Percussions optional
for: 2 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 596138
for 3 clarinets and piano (keyboard) (rhythm group ad lib)
for: 3 clarinets, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665545
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 591563
2 Alphorns in F / Fa
for: 2 Alphorns in F & Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 591448
for: Piano
Item no.: 193522
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 190598
Keyboard, Drums & Percussions optional
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 597598
Marschpolka
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208961
Wiener Spezialitaeten
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 327338
or 3 Euphoniums & Tuba [Bb or Eb Bass] & Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 euphoniums
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310423
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1610721
for: Clarinet (E-flat), 2 clarinets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1596289
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 162069
Polka Potpourri
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 193975
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 190599
Polka, Mährisch
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 313023
Polka
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 960594
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696705
Libisska Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560501
RUNDELs Kleine Blasmusik
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215796
Single edition
Item no.: 397761
Polka für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 681320
Solistische Bravourpolka
for: 1–2 flugelhorns [trumpets (B-flat)], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482284
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 485113
Die Musizierstunde-Ensemble Time MZ 34
Bäsermusik für Kleine Gruppen
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 206661
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701813
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701812
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684857
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684801
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701935
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 184374
for: Accordion
Item no.: 210535
Böhmische Polka
Originalausgabe von "Original Böhmerwälder Musikanten"
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1011606
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1702614
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