Not Strictly Slavic

Josef Woodard’s remark that the Budapest Festival Orchestra program of Aug. 27 was reserved for “strictly Slavic repertory” was incorrect (“Budapest Orchestra Explores Its Heritage,” Aug. 29). Only Antonin Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance was of Slavic origin.

The Hungarian compositions by Liszt, Bartok and Kodaly have their roots in the Hungarian mode of expression. Hungarians are not of Slavic descent; their music and language has its own origin.

FRANK J. PLASH

San Bernardino