Peter Wyper (1861 in
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire, also called the County of Lanark ( gd, Siorrachd Lannraig; sco, Lanrikshire), is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
Lanarkshire is the most populous county in Scotl ...
, Scotland
[Henry 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
A melodeon or diatonic button accordion is a member of the free-reed aerophone family of musical instruments. It is a type of button accordion on which the melody-side keyboard contains one or more rows of buttons, with each row producing the ...
(or ''melodeon''),
and is believed to be the first person to ever be recorded playing the accordion, which he did on
wax cylinder
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in 1903.
[ Peter and his brother Daniel Wyper (b. 1872]
. Fear an Ti, 11 August 2009, RamblingHouse.org
Discography
*''Highland Schottische'' (July 1909,
78rpm
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)
*''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''
References
External links
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Peter and Daniel Wyper'. Keith Chandler, Box and Fiddle Archive
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'. Keith Chandler - 24.12.9
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Scottish accordionists
1861 births
1920 deaths