“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 [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1560127
Polka française op. 336
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632404
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632430
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 604703
Zwiefacher
for: Flute, Oboe, Violin or C-Melody Instrument
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1169887
Polka
for: Concert band [youth concert band]
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 174246
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1013002
Polka
7er-Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1012995
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
Ausgabe für 7er-Besetzung/ kleine Blasmusikbesetzung
for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 778982
for: Concert band
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1639322
Solistische Bravour-Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 208092
Rock-Polka für Blasorchester
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 610295
Polka für Blasorchester
Josef-Poncar-Edition
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 553880
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 277119
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 471367
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445335
Musikantische Duette für Blechbläser
for: Flugelhorn, tenor horn [bass trumpet/baritone horn/trombone]
Set of parts
Item no.: 817634
Haj, Husicky, haj!
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 374678
Walzer
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 482285
Polka
for: Small wind band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192609
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1558253
for: 7 brass winds
Set of parts
Item no.: 817692
Die blonde Luise
Polka
for: Small wind band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 766074
for: Concert band [Small wind band]
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1559624
Polka für 3 Posaunen in C / B & großes Blasorchester
for: 3 trombones, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559616
(Polka)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1340652
Polka
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563067
Polka
7er-Besetzung/Kleine Besetzung
Deine Blasmusik Edition
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), percussion
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562615
for: 3 trumpets, bass trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba
Set of parts
Item no.: 817674
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1610686
Kurt Pascher und seine Böhmerwälder Musikanten
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1595936
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627100
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 493914
Polka
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 464522
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 368109
Polka
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 243952
Polka
Trio de Flutes
for: 2 flutes, alto flute
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072203
for: 3 trombones, concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1701592
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 342385
Polka und traditioneller Volkstanz
for: Small wind band
Set of parts
Item no.: 368808
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 293935
for: SCHLAGW QUARTETT
Item no.: 211817
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696681
Polka
Die kleine Egerländer-Besetzung
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices), accordion, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1165092
for: Concert band
Score, Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1702540
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 771544
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score, Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 1703545
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 958538
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