Peter Wyper

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]

References
  1. Henry Doktorski. "Who Was First?" and the Recording of "Vaudeville Accordion Classics". The Free-Reed Journal, November 2004
  2. Folk Music Journal. The English Folk Dance and Song Society. 1999. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. Paul M. Gifford (2001). The hammered dulcimer: a history. Scarecrow Press, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-8108-3943-4. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. The Irish Melodeon Archived 2014-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Fear an Ti, 11 August 2009, RamblingHouse.org
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