 The fluctuating musical vocabulary in his writing enabled him to create any attitude, emotion, or impression at a moment's notice, but at times the musical effects seem out of place or without cause; a criticism also made of Meyerbeer.Critics have also commented on de Lara's tendency towards over sentimentality.As one critic said, "at the moments when the music should attempt to rise to dramatic greatness, it degenerates into synthetic posturings."