“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”.
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 549245
for: String orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 218201
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958032
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958581
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 959056
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958691
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957894
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958097
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958344
Böhmische Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1686695
Traditionelle Polka
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696702
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 143968
Michael Klostermann Und Seine Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 377911
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 377603
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273468
for: TENOR 1 2 KLAV
Item no.: 278129
for: Schwyzerörgeli
Item no.: 265836
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 281252
Mährische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 137884
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 365682
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 487982
for: Zither
Item no.: 361148
for: STEIR HH OKARINA (BFL)
Item no.: 245828
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 410657
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 557503
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 446112
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1561062
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 127325
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 125748
Konzertwerk
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169756
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Clarinet (E-flat)
Item no.: 331164
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Saxophone 1 alto in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226514
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Single part Trumpet 3
Item no.: 226506
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Baritone saxophone in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 214521
Polka
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020002
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 149803
Polka
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1026699
Polka
BOVACO Classic CB
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1020894
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 295775
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 219327
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 220503
for: Accordion
Set of parts
Item no.: 274750
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 310666
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 273906
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305352
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 637569
for: Small wind band
Single part Clarinet 2 (B-flat)
Item no.: 660157
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957921
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