Wolfram Menschick

Wolfram Menschick (28 October 1937 – 8 December 2010) was a German Catholic church musician, composer and academic teacher.

Born in Pielenhofen,[1] Menschick took his Abitur in Straubing and studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, conducting with Gotthold Ephraim Lessing [de], composition with Harald Genzmer, and organ with Franz Lehrndorfer.

He was also a professor of liturgical organ playing and chorale conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich from 1986 to 2000.

On the occasion of his 70th birthday in 2006, he donated a bell[2] for the north tower of Eichstätt Cathedral, dedicated to Benedict of Nursia[3] and also honouring Pope Benedict XVI, who was his friend (as was also the Pope's elder brother, the priest and musician Georg Ratzinger).

[2] On his retirement, Bishop Walter Mixa, representing Pope John Paul II, named him a Komtur of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.