According to musicologist Alan Walker, they "are filled with insights that were both new and original for their time, and they are lavishly illustrated with music examples—a sure sign that they were aimed at a sophisticated public and were intended to have a potential life after the concert was over."
Segundo o musicólogo Alan Walker, «están cheos de ideas que eran tanto novas como orixinais para esa época e están profusamente ilustrados con exemplos musicais, un signo claro de que estaban dirixidos a un público sofisticado e estaban destinados a ter unha potencial vida unha vez que o concerto tivera rematado».