Peter Wyper
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Peter Wyper (Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1861[1] - 1920) was a player of the diatonic button accordion (or melodeon),[2] believed to have been 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 ( , 78rpm) (Columbia Records, 78rpm)
- Selection of Jigs ( , 78rpm) (Columbia Records, 78rpm)
Bibliography
- Wyper's Melodeon Tutor for 19-Keys[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Doktorski. "Who Was First?" and the Recording of "Vaudeville Accordion Classics". The Free-Reed Journal, November 2004
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- ↑ The Irish Melodeon. Fear an Ti, 11 August 2009, RamblingHouse.org
External links
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- 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