“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”.
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1683218
Solo für Alphorn für kleine Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: Alphorn (solo), 3 trumpets, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673068
(Jany Polka)
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1684806
Polka mit Text des Alpenlandquintetts
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1690482
Polka als Solo für 3 Trompeten
for: 3 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1696794
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländler Musikanten
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559489
Polka
for: Concert band
Score (C)
Item no.: 1169757
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632267
Polka–Mazurka op. 330
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632402
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1639394
Polka
Ernst Mosch & seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559966
Polka mit Text
Neue böhmische Blasmusik
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560141
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558299
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558292
Böhmische Besetzung
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1638957
Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553882
Polka schnell op. 281
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560107
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590273
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 465625
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701514
Traditionelle Polka
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696671
Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 483764
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 399445
Polka für 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1673081
Polka für kleine 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673106
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632332
Polka
Altbairische Blasmusik
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562594
Polka für kleine 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673110
Polka für 7er Besetzung
Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673083
Solistische Polka
for: Flugelhorn, tenor horn, small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560082
Polka
Wilfried Rösch und seine Böhmischen Freunde
for: Concert band
Item no.: 1562926
for: THRN (BAR) BLM
Item no.: 135777
Polka
7er-Besetzung/Kleine Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1019958
Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1019950
for: Concert band
Conductors score reduction, set of parts
Item no.: 489614
Traditionelle Polka
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696720
Polka mazur op. 144
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641775
Medley mit 5 Evergreens
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445486
for mallet percussion ensemble (3-5 players) score and parts
for: Percussion ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 632282
für 4 Percussionisten
for: Percussion ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 641223
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1642880
sat / atb
for: 3 SAX (SAT/SAB/ATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 492596
for: Accordion
Item no.: 349753
Lustige Polka mit einer Liedmelodie und einem Baßsolo im Trio
Bairische Blasmusik für Jungbläser
for: Concert band [youth concert band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 636893
Potpourri
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1589743
Böhmischer Walzer und Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1671478
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1562128
Original Bayerische Blasmusik vom Münchner Oktoberfest
for: Small wind band
Lyric book
Item no.: 549266
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