Peter Wyper Explained

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

• 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]

External links

• • 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

Notes and References

1. Henry Doktorski. "Who Was First?" and the Recording of "Vaudeville Accordion Classics". The Free-Reed Journal, November 2004
2. Book: Folk Music Journal. 19 April 2013. 1999. The English Folk Dance and Song Society..
3. Book: Paul M. Gifford. The hammered dulcimer: a history. 19 April 2013. 2001. Scarecrow Press, Incorporated. 978-0-8108-3943-4.
4. http://www.ramblinghouse.org/2009/08/the-irish-melodeon/ The Irish Melodeon