Ludwig Schmidseder

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Ludwig Schmidseder (born August 24, 1904 in Passau , † June 21, 1971 in Munich ) was a German composer , pianist , film actor and television chef .

Life

In his youth, Schmidseder broke off an apprenticeship as a bank clerk wanted by his father . He secretly took piano lessons. He deepened his knowledge of music at the State Academy of Music in Munich and went to South America in 1926. He was drawn to Rio de Janeiro . There he did the dishes at first and later performed as a solo entertainer . With two partners, he founded an artist trio that traveled the world on ocean liners. Schmidseder composed his own light music for the team and developed into an original and virtuoso piano player.

From 1930 he worked in Berlin , composing film music, creating operettas and musicals and setting more than 500 songs to music, some of which achieved the status of popular hits. From bar pianist (until 1936) Schmidseder advanced to resident composer at the old Berlin Metropol-Theater , the libretti of all three pieces that premiered here (" Melodie der Nacht " - 1938; " Die oder Keine! " - 1939; " Frauen im Metropol " - 1940) created Günther Schwenn . Schmidseder's operetta “Die oder Keine!” Saw over 600 performances. The contemporary “German” designation and labeling of his stage works as “operetta” must be understood in this context as typical Nazi jargon. Due to the instrumentation and also the rapid recordings, such as the fast foxtrot - from 1940 - "We dance through life!" ( Erhard Bauschke dance orchestra on gramophone and TO Kurt Widmann on Imperial ), which were performed in typical swing orchestras, are these actually, by today's standards, to be understood and understood as musicals. Not least because of the National Socialist defamation of a large part of German light music as "degenerate music" and performance bans for some of the most famous operetta composers, the non-Jewish Schmidseder advanced to one of the most surprising, despite his "degenerate tendencies" that cannot be ignored - which are based in his music most sought-after German entertainment composer. He joined the NSDAP on May 1, 1933 (membership number: 2,879,072). Schmidseder lived in Gmunden on the Traunsee from 1943 to 1948 and held a number of concerts there. Schmidseder also became an Austrian citizen in 1948.

After the Second World War Schmidseder continued to compose music and film scores and now also appeared in feature films. At the end of the 1950s, the hobby cook became a television chef for Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) - making him one of the first on German television - and later wrote cookery books.

Schmidseder was buried at the Passau high cemetery, but the grave site was abandoned in 2012. In Passau, Ludwig-Schmidseder-Straße is named after him. There is a memorial plaque on the house where he was born at Wittgasse 10 in Passau.

Works (selection)

Operettas / musicals

all four each with lyrics by Günther Schwenn

Instrumental works

  • Habanera
  • Ischl March
  • My Munich, waltz
  • Parade in the magic castle

Bat

  • Addio Venezia !, Tango
  • My home is in your heart (from: "Homecoming to Mittenwald")
  • Bambo von Bosambo (from Kleiner Schwindel am Wolfgangsee , 1949)
  • That's the beauty of a tango, tango
  • The Lilly from Bajanga (from: "Die oder Keine!", 1939)
  • Die Tante Emilie, Foxtrot moderato (from The clever mother-in-law , 1939)
  • You are everything to me, sweet little Mary, foxtrot (from: "Melodie der Nacht", 1938)
  • A lady from St. Pölten (Text: Erich Meder )
  • A Little White House, Foxtrot (from The Wise Mother-in-Law , 1939)
  • Don't tell me fairy tales, tango
  • There are such cute girls, Foxtrot (from: "Melodie der Nacht")
  • It is impossible not to be captivated by me, foxtrot (from: "Melody of the night")
  • It has to be summer, tango
  • It would be so nice if we went for a stroll today! Faster foxtrot (from: "Die oder Keine!", 1939)
  • Franzl, I have an assignment for you, Wienerlied
  • Guitars are playing! Tango (Schmidseder's first great success from 1934; Text: Ralph Maria Siegel )
  • Tonight I'm free !, Foxtrot (from: "Women in the Metropol", 1940)
  • Heavenly Waltz (from The Heavenly Waltz , 1948)
  • I net invented the beautiful Maderl'n, Wienerlied (Text: Theo Prosel , 1937)
  • I thought you are free, Miss ?, Tango (from: "Die oder keine!")
  • I think all women are beautiful, foxtrot (from: "Die oder keine!")
  • I'll give my watch to be repaired, Wienerlied
  • I dream of love, tango (from: "Women in the Metropol")
  • I don't like to drink the wine alone, Wienerlied (from: "Die or none!")
  • I am looking for a man, Foxtrot (from: "Women in the Metropol")
  • I wish I had my bed in the pub right away, Wienerlied
  • Everyone has butter on their heads today (song)
  • The later the evening, the nicer the guests !, Slowfox (from Die klugeermutter-in-law , 1939)
  • Come into my arms, Foxtrot (from: "Women in the Metropol")
  • Come ride with me on the Ringelspiel (from: "Linzer Torte")
  • Linzer Torte, waltz (from: "Linzer Torte")
  • Luana, I see the same stars as you, Tango (1934)
  • Sometimes it comes to you, foxtrot (from: "farewell waltz")
  • My sweet little friend, foxtrot
  • My Muatterl and I (from: "Linzer Torte")
  • After every farewell there's a reunion, song (1941)
  • Reserl, bring me another measure !, drinking song
  • I want to streak roses on your way, song (from: "Melody of the night")
  • Foaming champagne (- lovely women), fast foxtrot (from: "Melodie der Nacht")
  • The world is beautiful, fast foxtrot (from: "Melodie der Nacht")
  • Tango Marina (from: "Melody of the Night")
  • Dance a waltz with me (from: "Abschiedswalzer")
  • What a gypsy feels, tango (from: "Melodie der Nacht")
  • What does a man not do, slow foxtrot (from: "Women in the Metropol")
  • If you drive from Vienna to Munich, waltz (from: "Die oder Keine!")
  • If you don't come to heaven, Wienerlied (from: "Frauen im Metropol")
  • We were born for each other, Tango (from: "Women in the Metropolis")
  • We dance through life !, fast foxtrot (from: "Women in the Metropol")

Filmography

composer

actor

literature

  • Heinz-Walter Schmitz : Ludwig Schmidseder (1904–1971) - the versatile one . In Franz-Reiner Erkens (ed.): Ostbairische Lebensbilder Volume IV . Klinger, Passau 2013, ISBN 978-3-86328-123-6 .
  • Edith Rabenstein: He didn't like drinking the wine alone. For the 100th birthday of the Passau composer and actor Ludwig Schmidseder. In: Passauer Almanach. Waldkirchen, 2004, pp. 96-103.
  • Ludwig Schmidseder: The big pocket book from cooking. 920 recipes for everyone who loves cooking. Goldmann, Munich 1964.
  • Ludwig Schmidseder: I'll take. For everyone who likes to eat well. Kindler, Munich 1959.
  • Ludwig Schmidseder: ... and that happened to me - funny stories from my life . Ulrich, Nuremberg 1959.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . Kiel 2004, p. 6182 (CD-ROM lexicon).
  2. ^ Heinz-Walter Schmitz in Franz-Reiner Erkens: Ostbairische Lebensbilder Volume IV . Passau 2013, p. 183 ff.
  3. ^ Ludwig Schmidseder on regiowiki.pnp.de
personal data
SURNAME Schmidseder, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, pianist, TV chef
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Passau
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1971
Place of death Munich