• Alfred Dörffel 1821-1905 musician, writer on music, librarian. Worked at Breitkopf & Härtel where he prepared piano arrangements of Schumann’s works. Curator of the music library in the Leipzig Stadtbibliothek 1860. Editor of the Monatsberichte in 1873
  • Adolph Hofmeister (1802-70): elder son of Friedrich and editor of the Monatsberichte to 1870
  • Friedrich Hofmeister (1782-1864): music publisher and main publisher of the Monatsberichte
  • Friedrich Hofmeister Jr: editor of the Monatsberichte in 1872
  • Alfred Hunger: editor of the Monatsberichte in 1875
  • Franz Jost: editor of the Monatsberichte in 1871
  • Friedrich Kistner (1797-1844): Leipzig publisher who represented music publishers in the Buchhändlerverein. Published the Monatsberichte from 1836-9
  • Richard Noske: editor of the Monatsberichte in 1874
  • Carl Friedrich Whistling (1788-1849): bookseller in Leipzig; devised, compiled, edited and published the Handbuch der musikalischen Litteratur, the predecessor of the Monatsberichte