This delightful tome lays bare the routines and concepts of Roger Klause, a performer and teacher who’s not just a bit good at his craft. With a keen eye on the construction and principles of magic, Roger’s here to help you polish your performance and hone your skills (and maybe impress a few mates along the way).
Inside these pages, you’ll find a veritable orchestra of tricks involving coins, rings, notes, and keys—both for close-up shenanigans and parlor escapades—with straightforward explanations of how and why they work. Effects included are, The Miser's Cornucopia; Smokeless; The Sponge & Sleeve; The 100 Bill Change; The Torn & Restored Bill; Even Money; Cheque; The Chimerical Bill; Billusion; The Operator; The Soft Double; Double Down; The Breakout Display; The Automatic Block Transfer; The No-Count Zarrow; The Bluff Bluff Pass; Framed; Going South; Triple Play; The Bantam-Weight Card; Turnabout; What's Good for the Goose Is ...; The Chinese Quartet; Red & White; Through the Looking Glass; and Ringmaster.
288 pages, over 375 photographs.
Contents:
Prelude Jazz Notes (by Michael Skjnner) Random Bars (by the author)
Overture Songs of Merfin (by Roger Klause)
Principia Magicus - I Changing the Moment
Opus 1: Tipping the Light Fantastic (a cantabile) The Miser's Cornucopia Smokeless The Sponge & Sleeve
Principia Magicus - II Fundamentally Speaking and The Secret Aide
Opus 2: Changes (a rondo in six-part harmony) The $100.00 Bill Change The Torn and Restored Bill Even Money Cheque The Chimerical Bill Billusion
Principia Magicus - III Management
Opus 3: The Operator (a suite in four cavatinas) The Operator
Opus Four: Tools (etude - one through eight) Soft Double Double Down The Breakout Display The Automatic Block Transfer The No-Count Zarrow The Bluff Bluff Pass Framed Going South
Opus 5: Finished Works (a medley) Triple Play The Bantam-Weight Card Turnabout What's Good For The Goose Is... The Chinese Quartet
Principia Magicus - IV Major Minor
Opus 6: Three Classics (a fugue) Red and White - The Colour Changing Silks Through the Looking Glass - Ring Flight Ringmaster - A Routine With A Himber Ring
Opus 7: Histories (coda) Bibliohistory Roger Klause - A Debt of Gratitude Last Word: Author's Acknowledgements
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