“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”.
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310091
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310057
Piano, Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 cellos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310003
aus "Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion" und dem TV-Zweiteiler "Der Unschuldsengel"
for: Combo
Item no.: 361920
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253840
for: 4 euphoniums
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253794
4er Notenset
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 1651187
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 4 alto saxophones, piano [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313561
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 flutes, piano [keyboard]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 1312842
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102367
Original für Klavier
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 644401
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1351625
bearbeitet für vierstimmiges Holzbläser-Ensemble in variabler Besetzung
UE Ensemble-Bläser Band 5
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 134839
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 183306
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1610814
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1610676
Walzerlied
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1589063
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 208095
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1254393
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654363
(Sly Panenky / Zdenicka)
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 296699
Brass Band
for: 3 cornets, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595088
Schönfeld-Marsch/Zäpperl-Polka
Band 9
Wienerisch für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 550330
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607335
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684833
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684819
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 602237
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560513
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277588
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 104022
Chodounska-Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553870
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684824
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1701901
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 475101
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701779
Polka
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1167599
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1168989
Polka
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1163927
for: 4 Blockflöten (SSAA) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355208
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 154087
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 944894
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1169811
"Southbrass"
Polka
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208991
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192628
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 226600
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 637428
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1703542
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 5435
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