{"id":3844,"date":"2012-08-18T01:57:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T09:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=3844"},"modified":"2012-08-18T01:57:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T09:57:55","slug":"was-polka-really-invented-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2012\/08\/18\/was-polka-really-invented-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Polka Really Invented in Poland?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the music urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MUSIC URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: Polka was created in Poland.<\/p>\n

For almost two centuries now, the dance and the music style known as the Polka have been associated with Poland. <\/p>\n

\"polka\"<\/p>\n

But did either the dance or the music style actually originate in Poland?<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Nope! Both actually originated in the nearby country now known as the Czech Republic. <\/p>\n

The term polka derived from the original Czech name, which was “pulka,” which is Czech for “little half,” a reference to the short half-steps used in the Polka dance. Here, then, is most likely where the confusion comes in. The Czech word for a Polish person was “polka.” <\/p>\n

So just how the Pennsylvania Deutsch soon became the Pennslyvania Dutch, so, too, did the Pulka become the Polka, and become forever associated with originating in Poland.<\/p>\n

Now, don’t get me wrong, the Polka dance and music style hit Warsaw in Poland only a few years after originating in the Czech lands, and it was in Poland that the genre really was formalized and took off.<\/p>\n

In fact, the word “polka” traces to the French in 1844, and so by then, they likely had already begun attributing the origins of the Polka TO Poland, but, as noted, it’s a miscredit.<\/p>\n

So while they have done wonders for the popularity of the dance and music, Poland can’t claim the origins of the Polka.<\/p>\n

The legend is…<\/p>\n

STATUS<\/span><\/u>: False<\/p>\n

Feel free (heck, I implore you!) to write in with your suggestions for future urban legends columns! My e-mail address is bcronin@legendsrevealed.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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