Peter Wyper (1861 in Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] – 1920) was a player of the diatonic button accordion (or melodeon), [2] and is believed to be the first person to ever be recorded playing the accordion, which he did on wax cylinder in 1903. [1] Peter and his brother Daniel Wyper (b. 1872 [3]) recorded together as the Wyper Brothers, performing Scottish and Irish music. [4]
Discography
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- Highland Schottische (July 1909, 78rpm)
- Selection of Hornpipes (Columbia Records, 78rpm)
- Selection of Jigs (Columbia Records, 78rpm)
- The Deil Among The Tailors/High Level Hornpipe(Regal Records, G6952, 78rpm)
- Stirling Castle/Flowers of Edinburgh (Regal Records, G6959, 78rpm)
- Eightsome Reel/Mary of Argyle (Solo) and Jenkin's Hornpipe (Regal Records, G6985, 78rpm)
- Selection of Irish Airs/Selection of Irish Dances (Regal Records, G6975, 78rpm)
Bibliography
- Wyper's Melodeon Tutor for 19-Keys [2]
References
- ^ a b Henry Doktorski. "Who Was First?" and the Recording of "Vaudeville Accordion Classics". The Free-Reed Journal, November 2004
- ^ a b Folk Music Journal. The English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1999. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ Paul M. Gifford (2001). The hammered dulcimer: a history. Scarecrow Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-8108-3943-4. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ The Irish Melodeon Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Fear an Ti, 11 August 2009, RamblingHouse.org
External links
- Works by or about Peter Wyper at Internet Archive
- Peter and Daniel Wyper. Keith Chandler, Box and Fiddle Archive
- Early Recordings of Traditional Dance Music: Peter and Daniel Wyper Champion Melodeon Players of Scotland. Keith Chandler - 24.12.9