“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”.
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1701580
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 958363
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1711916
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1711915
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1712055
for: Piano 6 hands
Item no.: 181737
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1670920
for: Accordion orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566646
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (tablature)
Item no.: 658050
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1712120
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1711717
for: 7 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696691
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696689
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682990
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682658
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682622
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682560
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682336
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682318
for: 2 flugelhorns, trumpet, tenor horn, baritone, tuba, percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673113
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1560889
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670451
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 375056
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1702546
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 331381
for: 3 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1651966
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169880
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1653703
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562601
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778985
for: Wind ensemble
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1714030
for: Clarinet, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1558248
Polka, Walzer und Boarische für 2 Klarinetten
for: 2 clarinets
2 music scores
Item no.: 679764
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Item no.: 432508
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1563454
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 188538
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046636
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044337
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169810
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 447013
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015143
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181499
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1012007
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011976
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187047
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1558231
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 260991
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187449
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