“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: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
Item no.: 1683535
for: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
Item no.: 1683530
for: Ensemble (Blech), Ensemble gemischt (Holz/Blech)
Item no.: 1683523
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683313
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683294
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683274
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683272
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683237
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683220
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683206
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683190
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683141
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683128
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1683017
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186405
Score
Item no.: 1710461
Polka
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 730794
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 260992
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 159707
for: Saxophone/Clarinet
Item no.: 1706043
for: Blasorchester
Item no.: 1682430
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 487697
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 369391
for: Tuba, concert band
Item no.: 336390
for: Guitar
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 167638
for: Piano
Item no.: 274938
for: Accordion
Item no.: 227942
A special crowd–pleaser for your next concert!
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672846
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1563010
aus der Fernsehserie "Königlich-Bayerisches Amtsgericht"
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 156023
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701643
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1677632
for: Diatonic accordion
Music score
Item no.: 455959
for: Akkordeonorchester
Item no.: 1683192
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1673035
for: Gemischter Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 140915
for: Accordion
Item no.: 108442
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 413246
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 175261
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 1532305
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 769252
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 690973
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 684781
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 190715
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1712125
for: Piano
Item no.: 183651
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 291153
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