“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
28 Waltzes, Polkas and Quadrilles
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 494192
Polkas und Walzer für Blechbläser
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones; accordion, percussion ad lib.tet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778671
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1642808
Polka française op. 309
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632470
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
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
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192705
Walzer
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169880
Polka
Anton Gälle und seine Scherzachtaler Blasmusik
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1565591
Marienlieder–Polka–Potpourri
Originalausgabe von "Hergolshäuser Musikanten"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1581953
Elmar Wolf und die Neuen Egerländer
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560213
Kurt Pascher und seine Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: 2 flugelhorns, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1589751
Solistische Polka
Neue Böhmische Blasmusik
for: Tuba, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560444
Polka und Walzer
aus dem Repertoire der Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559959
Polka, Walzer und Boarische für 2 Klarinetten
for: 2 clarinets
2 music scores
Item no.: 679764
für Blasorchester Partitur und Stimmen
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 644139
Polka für ein tiefes Soloinstrument und Blasorchester
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/F/E-flat/C low), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1589050
Polka
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices), percussion
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1670257
Konzertpolka
for: 2 clarinets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632435
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1638969
Polka
Original-Noten der Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 262318
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677512
Tschechische Noten
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 681089
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684760
for: 4 Klarinetten
Buch
Item no.: 617865
for: 2 harps
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 655559
for: Piano 6 hands
Item no.: 181737
Verlagskopie)
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 177738
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
Altbairische Blasmusik
for: 2 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 228134
for: Clarinet (E-flat)
Item no.: 549243
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 483771
for: Euphonium, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 619497
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 332207
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 331381
F
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1563454
for: Clarinet, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1558248
Konzertpolka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1355877
Polka
Timo Hieske und seine Jungen Egerländer
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 960599
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 296698
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 275288
für Salonorchester (Klavier, Singstimme, Streicher, Schlagzeug)
for: Salon orchestra
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 260839
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