“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
Score
Item no.: 958719
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 959103
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958936
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958642
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957865
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 957850
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 275463
for: Small wind band
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat)
Item no.: 660165
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Clarinet 1 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 193759
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 310750
Konzertpolka
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1670286
Polka
for: 7 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696692
Böhmische Polka
original Burgenlandkapelle
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1671460
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1557307
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1557316
Polka schnell
for: Small wind band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1557344
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 366099
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 366096
for: Symphonic orchestra
Item no.: 488762
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 297733
for: Accordion
Item no.: 273369
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 406177
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 142280
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 587422
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 153523
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part tenor horn (in C)
Item no.: 779260
for: Small wind band
Conductors part
Item no.: 363969
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 145395
Gyoergy Geiger - Erlebnis Trompete 22
for: Trumpet, harp [piano]
Item no.: 170866
for: Zither
Item no.: 303403
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 127326
Mährische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445462
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 458569
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Saxophone alto 2 in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226511
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Clarinet 3 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 194287
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Tenor horn 2 in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158851
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Horn 1 (F)
Item no.: 1657841
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part tenor horn (b-flat)
Item no.: 779257
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 580795
Polka
for: 3 trombones, concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 397270
Original Pieces of Old Bairian Wind Music
for: Small wind band
Single part Flute
Item no.: 326716
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1596390
Polka
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1558317
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 125989
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