“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”.
Am
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024806
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029007
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 494192
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677512
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1683217
Originalnoten von Alpenblech für kleine Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681888
Originalnoten von Alpenblech für kleine Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681862
Böhmische Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681701
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681724
Böhmische Polka
Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1686591
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1690001
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1642808
Polka française op. 309
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632470
für Blasorchester Partitur und Stimmen
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 644139
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632422
Marsch
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169928
Schnell–Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1641198
Polka
Anton Gälle und seine Scherzachtaler Blasmusik
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1565591
Elmar Wolf und die Neuen Egerländer
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560213
Solistische Polka
Neue Böhmische Blasmusik
for: Tuba, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560444
Walzer
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169880
Polka für 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1673055
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701408
Volksweise
arrangiert von Roman Weninger
für Große Böhmische Besetzung
for: Wind ensemble (11 parts), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696734
Polka von Albert Wieder
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1696727
Konzertpolka
for: 2 clarinets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632435
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1638969
Tschechische Noten
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 681089
for: Piano 6 hands
Item no.: 181737
for: 2 marimbas
Item no.: 177635
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 188538
Prženska Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 192520
Marschpolka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445467
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562891
Am Schlossberg
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562890
Marsch–Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562883
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1562772
Bravour–Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562619
Polka
7er-Besetzung/Kleine Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562601
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562127
Böhmische Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562012
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1562000
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560884
F
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1563454
Konzertpolka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1355877
Altbairische Blasmusik
for: 2 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 228134
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 483771
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 296698
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