“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”.
Alphorn in Gb / Sol bémol
for: Alphorn (G-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599577
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 trumpets, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 599373
for: 2 harps
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 655559
for: für Violine und Klavier
Item no.: 357988
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311552
Keyboard & Drums optional
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1311459
Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drums optional
for: 3 violins, piano [keyboard]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1312835
Traditionelle Polka
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696672
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
Polka
Kurt Pascher und seine Original Böhmerwälder Musikanten
Edition Bergsee
for: Small wind band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1557336
Böhmische Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681701
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681724
Blasorchester
for: 3 Trumpets & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588253
Keyboard, Drums & Percussions optional
for: 3 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 596171
Keyboard & Drum Set optional
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 597925
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192705
Böhmische Polka
Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1686591
Polka
Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 681319
Hal Leonard Flex-Band Series
for brass, woodwind or strings / includes percussion
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681951
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 291246
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 305356
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 275288
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 657475
Marschpolka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656298
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 484653
Polka
Ernst Mosch und seine Original Egerländer Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 470483
Polka schnell für Orchester
Strauss Edition Wien / Neue Johann Strauss Gesamtausgabe
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684760
Carpe Diem Folk Music Series
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 676857
Polka Reggae
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 797491
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677502
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 1639357
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632334
4er Notenset
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 1651187
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 648272
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008804
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1641201
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677624
aus dem Jugendalbum, op. 39 (Nr. 14)
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 5435
Polka
Franz Watz präsentiert
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1169811
Polka
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560177
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560513
Polka française
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1566964
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559584
Polka
for: 3 trumpets, concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560326
für 5-stg kleine Blasmusik, Akkordeon und Schlagzeug ad lib.
RUNDELs Kleine Blasmusik (Quintett +)
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560195
Walzer
Guido Henn und seine Goldene Blasmusik
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1563123
Hasicská polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1557365
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