Rellstab had considerable influence as a music critic and, because of this, had some power over what music could be used for German nationalistic purposes in the mid-nineteenth century.
莱尔斯塔勃是一个有相当影响力的音乐评论家，正因如此，他对那些能用在19世纪中叶德国民族主义之目的上的音乐作品拥有影响力。