“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: 2 violins, piano
Item no.: 583391
Single edition
Item no.: 586410
Blasmusik
for: Small wind band
Set of parts
Item no.: 206784
Konzertpolka
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 676532
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part
Item no.: 1631945
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 191407
Polka für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 648045
for: Percussion
Item no.: 218893
for: HH 3 4 SCHLAGZ
Item no.: 219328
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1145816
Solistische Polka für Klarinettensatz
for: 3 clarinets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445454
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 293854
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 125759
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 406196
Polka-Potpourri
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 275550
for: Accordion
Item no.: 420581
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 419958
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat)
Item no.: 472633
for: THRN (BAR) KLAV
Item no.: 482780
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 487767
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 581790
Konzertmusik Fuer Blasmusik
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 556275
for: Piano
Item no.: 104019
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 467701
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797199
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 796034
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 125669
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 171404
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1589061
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558311
(Polka)
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 559464
Polka
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1018905
Solistische Polka für Tenorhorn oder Bariton und Blasorchester
for: Tenor horn [baritone], small wind band
Solo part (C/B-flat)
Item no.: 363291
Polka française
Strauss Edition Wien/ Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 695291
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 211451
for: KLAR 2 VL VA VC (KB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431827
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Clarinet 1 (B-flat)
Item no.: 209121
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305315
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305249
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957827
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 959105
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958329
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 959088
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958751
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958652
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