Polka masterpieces. Recommended popular songs.
Are you familiar with “polka,” a Czech folk music genre with a simple, friendly melody and a fast tempo that makes you want to move your body? Even if you don’t know the name of the genre, many people will recognize it when they hear a famous polka tune.
In Japan, it has even been featured for children on the TV program Minna no Uta, and interestingly, some polka songs became well-known in the 2000s through Flash animations and performances by Hatsune Miku.
This article is a collection of delightful polka classics—please enjoy them together with your children!
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Polka masterpieces. Recommended popular songs (21–30)
“Polka” from Two Pieces for String Quartet
Polka, the second piece from Two Pieces for String Quartet.
Composer: Dmitrii Shostakovich.
Written in 1931 for the Jean Villiome String Quartet of Kharkov.
Performed by the Aurelia String Quartet.
Polka from Czech Suite
Polka, the second movement from Czech Suite in D major, Op.
39 (Czech Suite/Böhmische Suite).
The Czech Suite is a five-movement orchestral suite composed by Antonín Dvořák.
This is a performance of the “Polka” in its piano solo version, from Mr.
Yasuhiro Natsume’s recital.
Piccolo Polka
Piccolo-Polka, Op.
157.
A work by Eugene Damaré, a French musician known for his career as a flautist and piccolo player.
The piccolo is performed by flutist Ricardo Pérez, with piano accompaniment by Ricardo Soláns.
Demolition Polka
Demolierer-Polka (Demolition Polka), Op.
269, composed by Johann Strauss II.
This work was composed to reflect the demolition of Vienna’s city walls and the construction of major roads.
Performed by the Chernihiv Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra.
New Pizzicato Polka
Johann Strauss II, Pizzicato-Polka (Neue Pizzicato-Polka), Op.
449.
Composed as an intermezzo for the operetta Die Herzogin von Naxos (La duchessa di Ninetta), to be played pizzicato by the strings.
Performed by the Bruges Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Ivan Meylemans.
Jockey
Polka Schnell “Jockey-Polka,” Op.
278.
The composer, Josef Strauss, was fond of horse racing and left other works on the same theme.
Performed by the Oberwalter Salon Orchestra, with László Molnár on violin and conducting.
In the Forest of Krapfen
Polka française “In the Krapfenwaldl (Im Krapfenwald’l),” Op.
336.
A work from the period when Johann Strauss II began spending half the year in Pavlovsk.
Performed by the Strauss Festival Orchestra, conducted by Svilen Simeonov.