Ludwig Schmidseder (24 August 1904, in Passau – 21 June 1971, in Munich) was a German composer and pianist of the "Light Muse".
The young Schmidseder followed his father's wishes and trained as a banker, whilst taking piano lessons in secret.
He furthered his musical education at the Munich Conservatorium, then left for South America in 1926, ending up in Rio de Janeiro.
Schmidseder composed music for the trio, and developed into a virtuoso piano player.
From 1930 he worked in Berlin, composing film music, creating operettas and writing more than 500 songs, some of which became much-loved hits.