“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”.
for: 4 Blockflöten (SSAA) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355207
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1703118
for: Piano
Item no.: 289051
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1702778
composed for a young elephant
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 748170
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 637825
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1677282
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 621615
for: 4 POS BLM
Score
Item no.: 488928
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958956
for: Trumpet / Flugel Horn / Cornet / Clarinet
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 958651
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958225
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957972
for: Small wind band
Set of parts
Item no.: 151809
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 259124
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1703553
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1170139
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 885760
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 883303
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1711716
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1711654
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 299838
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1701140
for: Concert band
Score, Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 143975
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 243953
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 220783
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1712132
for: Small wind band
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1712095
for: Trumpet, piano
Score
Item no.: 204191
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186153
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1182110
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014980
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1712129
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1595965
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560318
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1288485
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1713779
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 354019
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957666
Item no.: 1688325
Item no.: 1688324
Item no.: 1688286
for: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
Item no.: 1683543
for: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
Item no.: 1683532
for: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
Item no.: 1683528
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683286
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682980
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