The International Shakuhachi Society

Scivias

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This is a piece of genre Modern. This piece was composed for Shakuhachi by the person Jeffrey Nyofu Lependorf in 1990.

Scivias appears on the following albums

	Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
	Sound of Distant Deer	Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin
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.

The International Shakuhachi Society - 2013