Paul (Edmund) Schenk (11 February 1899 – 30 August 1977) was a German music theorist.
Born in Leipzig, Schenk studied theory, composition and conducting at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, where he also received a teaching position for music theory from 1925.
His studies with Sigfrid Karg-Elert, whose music theory Schenk accepted and propagated, were formative.
Immediately after their first electoral successes, Schenk joined the NSDAP and in his textbooks covered all the essential aspects of a "völkischen" music education.
Schenk had a decisive influence on a whole generation of music theorists of the GDR.