Comments: Very detailed
explanations with numerous B&W photographs. Rather than just a
book
of tricks, "In Concert" is meant as a training tool in finesse and
analysis. It discusses the concept of the "half-move", to take the
heat
off of sleight of hand.
Contents:
i Jazz Notes: intro by Michael Skinner with B&W photographs
iii Random Bars...: intro by Lance Pierce
v Overture
vii Songs of Merlin: Is magic more musical or is music more magical?
On
the art of magic. Provides an overview of the routines, and how each
fits into the "symphony"
1 In Concert
1: Principia Magicus I
- Changing the Moment: essay on the principle of
hiding a sleight through half-moves
5 Opus 1: Tipping the
Light
Fantastic (a cantabile)
7 The Miser's Cornucopia: suitable for restaurant work, the magician
produces a stream of 10 dimes from a rolled up dollar bill
15 Smokeless: a comedy cigarette routine in which the lit match is
put
out in the hand and the cigarette vanished. Even if you don't smoke,
provides good tips on the use of the TT
23 Letter from Daryl
25 The Sponge & Sleeve: a sponge ball vanishes and travels up
the
spectator's sleeve. This handling is different than that found in
Michael Ammar's Encore III.
33 Letter from Gary Kurtz
35 Letter from David Williamson
37 Principia Magicus II
- Fundamentally Speaking & The Secret Aide:
essay on psychology, fundamentals, and the use of gaffs
45 Letter from Bill Malone
47 Opus 2: Changes (a
rondo
in six-part harmony)
49 The $100.00 Bill Change: Roger's classic effect, utilizing a TT.
This description is improved over the one in Ammar's Encore III.
Learn
this one before trying the other effects in this chapter.
57 The Torn & Restored Bill: based on the Bill Change
60 Letter from John Moehring
63 Even Money: A borrowed twenty is split into two tens
65 Cheque: a $20 check is changed into a $20 bill
68 Letter from Max Maven
69 The Chimerical Bill: a $100 Bill materializes only to vanish away
again. Uses Michael Skinner's Spider Vanish
75 Billusion: an "imaginary" one dollar bill is removed from a purse
frame, and becomes a $100 bill. The bill is then folded and placed
back
in the purse frame, where it becomes imaginary again
81 Letter from David Roth
83 Principia Magicus III
- Management: moving naturally and with motive
87 Opus 3 - The Operator
(a
suite in four cavatinas)
89 The Operator: an extensive money routine in which the betting
magician keeps making right decisions, but loses anyway. Requires
quite
a few props: coin purse, Two Copper/One Silver coin set, half
dollar,
English Penny, Mexican Centavo, TT, Money Clip, $5 bill, $1 Bill,
and a
gimmicked $1 Bill. Performed in multiple phases, each stronger than
the
last. Requires use of the bill switch technique. Includes an
additional
humorous idea by Michael Skinner.
105 Letter from Jon Racherbaumer
107 Opus 4 - Tools
(etude:
one through eight)
109 The Soft Double: Roger's approach to the double lift
113 Double Down: turning face down two cards face up after a double
lift
115 Letter from Darwin Ortiz
117 The Breakout Display: deck is displayed as though no break could
be
held, yet it is
120 Letter from Larry Jennings
121 The Automatic Block Transfer: an imperceptible transfer of a
card
or block of cards from the center of the deck to the top during a
riffle shuffle
124 Letter from John Kennedy
125 The No-Count Zarrow: an approach to the Zarrow shuffle in which
the
exact number of cards held back does not need to be counted
129 Letter from Steve Forte
131 The Bluff Bluff Pass: the Bluff pass extended
133 Framed: four silver coins are extracted from a coin purse, and
then
a copper. Sequence can be used as part of a larger effect. Performed
seated, with spectators to your sides.
137 Going South: a destroyed and restored bill routine using a Terry
Seabrooke wallet and included routine. The full routine is not
described here, just some of the wallet workings.
142 Letter from Dan Garrett
145 Opus 5 - Finished
Works
(a medley)
147 Triple Play: a three coins across routine (using a shell)
153 The Bantam-Weight Card: a comedy bit in which the selection
turns
momentarily into a miniature copy and then back to normal (uses one
miniature card)
159 Turnabout: selection appears face up in the deck although the
spectator seemingly does all the deck manipulation
162 Letter from Scott Hollingsworth
163 What's Good for the Goose Is...: a "couples" routine in which
each
reads the mind of the other using a deck of cards
167 The Chinese Quartet: a linking ring routine using four rings
(key,
solid, and set of two). Performed while reciting a poem, and
designed
to be followed by the Whit Haydn comedy Linking Ring Routine (the
Haydn
routine is not explained as it is a commercial item)
183 Letter from Steve Freeman
185 Principia Magicus IV
- Major Minor: essay on how the whole is made
up of many smaller parts
188 Letter from John Cornelius
191 Letter from Paul Harris
193 Opus 6 - Three
Classics
(a fugue)
195 Red & White: a color changing silk routine utilizing a dye
tube. Provides an alternate ending using a TT.
207 Letter from John Carney
209 Through the Looking Glass: Roger's approach to Ring Flight. Uses
a
reel based key case, a duplicate case, and a small magnifying lens.
215 Letter from Paul Gertner
217 Ringmaster: a Himber ring routine in which three wedding bands
are
linked and unlinked with the aid of a pencil
231 Letter from Joe Stevens
233 Opus 7 - Histories
(coda)
235 Bibliohistory: a listing of Roger Klause in print
241 Letter from Tony Devine
243 Debt of Gratitude: final thoughts and credits by Roger Klause
253 Author's Last Word: Lance Pierce
