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This is a Modern piece . This piece was composed for shakuhachi by Lependorf, Jeffrey Nyofu in 1990 .

Scivias appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Sound of Distant Deer  (Listen)	Seldin, Ronnie Nyogetsu
This melody draws on a chant by the 12th century mystic, Hildegard of Bingen, and borrows its title from her "Book of Mysteries". Jeffrey Lependorf (b 1962), best known as a composer of operas, is also a master of the shakuhachi and has composed extensively for the instrument.