“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: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219790
Akkordeon
for: Accordion
Single part(n)
Item no.: 393556
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Saxophone alto 2 in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678607
op. 91
for: 4 mandolins
Single part Mandolin 1
Item no.: 643986
Ländler
Originalnoten von "Michael Klostermann und seinen Musikanten"
for: Small wind band
Single part 1 in E-flat (Alto saxophone)
Item no.: 678606
Single part Bass instrument 1 (C)
Item no.: 136236
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4 (Bass instrument), Percussion
Item no.: 220505
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 222236
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 222233
Single part Alto saxophone 1
Item no.: 473650
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3, 4 (Bass instrument)
Item no.: 220580
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Trombone 2 in B-flat (treble clef) (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771548
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 299054
(quasi Galopp) JSGA I/16/4
Picc,1,2,2,2-4,2,3,0-Pk.,Schl-Str.
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638351
(quasi Galopp) JSGA I/16/4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638211
Single part 2
Item no.: 328177
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 218895
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 242355
Akkordeon
for: Accordion
Single part(n)
Item no.: 389203
Polka schnell
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578897
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 771560
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trombone 1 (B-flat, Treble Clef)
Item no.: 771550
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Bass instrument 2 (C)
Item no.: 771531
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 299050
JSGA I/7/5
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 639134
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 645270
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 757243
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 219791
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 219786
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, 4
Item no.: 219372
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 219132
for: Accordion orchestra
Single parts 1, 2 (Accordion)
Item no.: 219129
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3, Electronium
Item no.: 220504
Polka
for: Small wind band
Single part Tenor Saxophone 1
Item no.: 585889
Single part Zither 2
Item no.: 363490
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Baritone saxophone
Item no.: 771556
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Trombone 2 (C)
Item no.: 771532
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Tuba in E-flat - violin clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226496
im James Last Happy Sound
for: Concert band
Score, conductor's part, orchestral parts
Item no.: 1596263
op. 214
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 757247
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 219787
Michael Klostermann und seine Musikanten 81
for: Concert band
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 771530
Collection for young wind band
for: Youth concert band
Tuba in B-flat - treble clef (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226498
JSGA I/7/5
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 639129
I 6 / 14
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643558
(quasi Galopp) JSGA I/16/4
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638366
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 159155
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672683
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