“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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 1532304
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 1532307
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 1532305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1532306
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 374616
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Tenor horn 2
Item no.: 472641
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Flugelhorn 1
Item no.: 472634
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Baritone horn (B-flat high)
Item no.: 472632
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1657754
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 1657755
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 472639
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Tenor horn 1
Item no.: 472640
Polka
for: Small wind band
Clarinet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472636
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Flugelhorn 2
Item no.: 472635
for: Voice (soprano) a cappella
Sopran 1
Item no.: 308484
Walzer, für gem. Chor, Orchester (Klavier)
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308388
gem Chor, Orchester (Klav)
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308402
Walzer, für gem. Chor, Orchester (Klavier)
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 644753
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 410533
D
for: Accordion
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052342
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678605
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Saxophone alto 2 in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678607
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Single part 1 in E-flat (Alto saxophone)
Item no.: 678606
for: Tenorhorn SOLO
Item no.: 478802
Am
for: Bass guitar
Bass Tab
Item no.: 1024806
Pennsylvania Polka akk3 (akkorCh)
for: 3. Akkordeon (Akkordeon-Orchester)
Stimme(n)
Item no.: 648052
Polka schnell
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 578899
Polka schnell
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308456
Single part Zither 2
Item no.: 369189
(Wenn wir froh mit Pferd und Wagen...)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188539
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 338796
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 347470
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 329479
Sauerland Polka
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 224306
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 368688
Polka schnell
Single part Bass instrument 1
Item no.: 578898
Polka schnell
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578897
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151615
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150891
Unterlegblatt für 6-Akkordzither
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150893
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150167
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151667
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151618
Haj, Husicky, haj!
Böhmische Polka
for: Small wind band
Conductors part
Item no.: 186572
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 281252
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 180217
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 337502
op. 91
for: 4 mandolins
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 643986
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