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!
Playlist
| Polka masterpieces. Recommended popular songs. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| show_chart | Title | Playlist | Review |
| 1 | Säkkijärvi Polka | play_arrow | Even the sound of the title is already rhythmic… |
| 2 | tourist train | play_arrow | Johann Strauss, known for composing polkas… |
| 3 | without sorrow | play_arrow | Josef, the brother of Johann Strauss II, ... |
| 4 | Ievan Polkka | play_arrow | A traditional porridge beloved in Finland... |
| 5 | Let’s dance, the fun Porečeke! | play_arrow | A Japanese song set to the original melody of a Polish folk polka… |
| 6 | Hunting | play_arrow | The operetta composed in 1875, “... |
| 7 | Clarinet Polka | play_arrow | The polka, which is said to have its origins in Polish folk songs… |
| 8 | Liechtenstein Polka | play_arrow | Will, a German accordion player, ... |
| 9 | a woman’s heart | play_arrow | It could be called one of Josef Strauss’s signature works… |
| 10 | Explosive Polka | play_arrow | A polka composed by Johann Strauss II… |
| 11 | Thunder and Lightning | play_arrow | A polka composed by Johann Strauss II... |
| 12 | Annen-Polka (Johann Strauss I) | play_arrow | The Fran... by Johann Strauss I |
| 13 | The tape has been cut. | play_arrow | Eduard Strauss I is Kaiser… |
| 14 | Annen-Polka (Johann Strauss II) | play_arrow | Johann Strauss II composed the St. Anna Festival... |
| 15 | Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka | play_arrow | A famous polka often used at sports festivals that everyone has heard at least once... |
| 16 | Polka the Blacksmith | play_arrow | The France... composed by Josef Strauss |
| 17 | Hatake no Polka | play_arrow | Popular even at daycare centers and kindergartens, “Hatake no Po…” |
| 18 | Hop-Scotch Polka | play_arrow | Hopscotch is known among children in English-speaking countries as a ga… |
| 19 | Champagne Polka | play_arrow | A polka composed by Johann Strauss II... |
| 20 | Pizzicato Polka | play_arrow | Johan(n) Strauss II and Josef Sch… |
| 21 | Beer Barrel Polka | play_arrow | Beer Barrel Polka (Beer Barrel … |
| 22 | “Polka” from Two Pieces for String Quartet | play_arrow | From Two Pieces for String Quartet, No. 2 “…” |
| 23 | Polka from Czech Suite | play_arrow | Czech Suite (Czech Suite/Bö... |
| 24 | Demolition Polka | play_arrow | Demolition by Johann Strauss II… |
| 25 | New Pizzicato Polka | play_arrow | Johann Strauss II, “New Pizzica—” |
| 26 | Piccolo Polka | play_arrow | Piccolo Polka (Piccolo-Po... |
| 27 | Tick-Tock Polka | play_arrow | Polka Schnell 'Tick-Tack Polka... |
| 28 | Italian Polka | play_arrow | “Italian Polka” is a composition by the Russian composer… |
| 29 | Long live Hungary! | play_arrow | Polka Schnell: “Long live Hungary! (El… |
| 30 | Polka from the Mexican Suite | play_arrow | Polka, No. 5 from Mexican Suite. Composer… |
| 31 | Jockey | play_arrow | Polka Schnell “Jockey (Jockey-P…” |
| 32 | Town and countryside | play_arrow | The Town and the Countryside (Stadt und Land… |
| 33 | a wandering eye | play_arrow | Johann Strauss II, ‘Fledermaus (Du und Du)’ |
| 34 | Small waterwheel | play_arrow | "Little Waterwheel (Moulinet)" Opus 5… |
| 35 | Polka from the Trio for Three Bassoons | play_arrow | Performing Weissenborn's 'Polka' as a bassoon trio. |
| 36 | In the Forest of Krapfen | play_arrow | Polka Française: The Forest of Krapfen... |


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