This book presents the routines and concepts of Roger Klause, noted performer and teacher, with clarity and detail. With special attention paid to the construction and principles of magic, Roger can show you how to raise your level of performance and further your craft.
Within these pages are symphonies with coins, rings, bills and keys - both close-up and parlor - with concise explanations of how and why. 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 MichaelSkjnner) Random Bars (by the author)
Overture Songs of Merfin (by Roger Klause)
Principia Magicus - I Changing the Moment
Opus 1: Tipping the Lght 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 Color 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
