“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: Accordion
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 972426
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 202909
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1702546
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 168430
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1690487
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1669929
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681660
Polka
Originalnoten der Holzfrei-Böhmischen
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681675
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681756
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1696790
für 5-stg kleine Blasmusik, Akkordeon und Schlagzeug ad lib.
RUNDELs Kleine Blasmusik (Quintett +)
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560195
Walzer
Guido Henn und seine Goldene Blasmusik
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1563123
Hasicská polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1557365
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008804
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641201
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560182
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632484
Polka schnell op. 324
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1639398
2 Polkas
Böhmische Blasmusik
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559587
Polka française
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1566964
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559584
Polka
for: 3 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560326
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 648272
Polka
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1696716
Carpe Diem Folk Music Series
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 676857
Polka Reggae
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797491
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677502
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1639357
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632334
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1563000
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562892
Polka
7er-Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562780
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562620
Für eine große Liebe
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562484
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 303486
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1557144
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632274
Polka
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013006
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 302903
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1558251
Bystročická-Polka
Mährische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 578321
Polka
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 954593
Boehmische Blasmusik
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 276690
Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553878
Polka
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560177
Polka
mit Text-/Gesangsstimmen
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 607031
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670494
Verlagskopie
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 389161
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