Written by Lance Pierce.
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
