“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
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1654363
(Sly Panenky / Zdenicka)
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 296699
Harmonikapolka
for: Diatonic accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 220586
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1351625
11 alpenländische Stücke
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 261635
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607335
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277588
aus "Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion" und dem TV-Zweiteiler "Der Unschuldsengel"
for: Combo
Item no.: 361920
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
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 183306
Chodounska-Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553870
Originalfassung
4/3/2/2/1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 154087
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 226600
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 104022
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
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 102367
DILETTO MUSICALE
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 637428
Original für Klavier
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 644401
Der Musikalische Salon 7
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, part
Item no.: 365385
komponiert für einen jungen Elephanten
for: Orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 289043
op. 214
for: 4 Blockflöten (SSAA) und Klavier
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355208
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684833
Polka française für Orchester - 2. Auflage
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684824
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684819
Version Bb - Flugelhorn, Trumpet, Clarinet
for: 2 trumpets [flugelhorns/ tenorhorns/ clarinets]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 817762
"Southbrass"
Polka
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208991
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192628
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560513
Spielheft für Steirische Harmonika in Griffschrift
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (notes and tablature), online audio (app)
Item no.: 457247
Rhythmus und Schwung
for: Accordion; voice ad lib.
Single edition
Item no.: 102009
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 224676
Das Akkordeon Duo
for: 2 accordions (duet)
Music score
Item no.: 181173
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680366
Original Bayerische Blasmusik vom Münchner Oktoberfest
for: Small wind band
Lyric book
Item no.: 1681527
Bravourpolka
for: Trumpet, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1565776
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1658609
Polka
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677508
for: Male choir, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632418
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632469
Solo für Posaune für 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: Trombone (solo), 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, tuba, percussion
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1673076
Polka
Solo für Tuba für 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: Tuba (solo), 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone horn, percussion
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1673054
Polka für kleine 7er Besetzung
Edition Blasmusik vom "Kleinsten"
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673115
Konzertwalzer
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169827
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559484
Polka
kleine Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560921
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