Peter Wyper (1861 in Lanarkshire, ScotlandHenry Doktorski. "Who Was First?" and the Recording of "Vaudeville Accordion Classics". The Free-Reed Journal, November 2004 – 1920) was a player of the diatonic button accordion (or melodeon), and is believed to be the first person to ever be recorded playing the accordion, which he did on wax cylinder in 1903. Peter and his brother Daniel Wyper (b. 1872) recorded together as the Wyper Brothers, performing Scottish and Irish music.The Irish Melodeon . Fear an Ti, 11 August 2009, RamblingHouse.org
Discography
Highland Schottische (July 1909, 78 rpm) Selection of Hornpipes (Columbia Records, 78 rpm) Selection of Jigs (Columbia Records, 78 rpm) The Deil Among The Tailors/High Level Hornpipe(Regal Records, G6952, 78 rpm) Stirling Castle/Flowers of Edinburgh (Regal Records, G6959, 78 rpm) Eightsome Reel/Mary of Argyle (Solo) and Jenkin's Hornpipe (Regal Records, G6985, 78 rpm) Selection of Irish Airs/Selection of Irish Dances (Regal Records, G6975, 78 rpm)
Bibliography Wyper's Melodeon Tutor for 19-Keys
References
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