BEWITCHED MUSIC SONATA,JUAN TAMARIZ SONATA Iustraions » Marge Nicolau MAGIC BOOKS(OTHER BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR 'PUBLISHED BY EDITORIAL FRAKSON ‘The Magle Way Soo rasoa Pie 98, evade by he SEL-he Maar cap- ter ofthe Soe, Fspaola de sions) The Rive Poin in Mage ‘Stotos de Magia Poteie ‘Por Arte de Mai its Ramin Maras) By other publishers: Aprende Usted Mag Meta ene Ber Thy. Curtomagia (ith Rama Vere) Moxie Pots 1 It nctdopeda del Freie Fala ib Sho 0 ios ingen rca 8A ‘THE JUAN TAMARIZ PHENOMENON by Arturo de Ascanio Without a doubt, Juan isthe most famous, most sucessful and most popular personality in the history of Spanish mage, fr both laymen and Imagictans. That shy in ety to seus hs magic without repeating ‘what we already know, without repeaing the obviews. ‘But I wl sy taney Duan i no les han one of the most impor: tant magician in the Ntory of world magi When Tam asked what qualities «person must have oe « magician, | think of Juan an example and ansver: perseverance and vocation. And talent? Of couse, talent i he crx ofthe mtr, but T think that lent {En Tsomething ne ht wa priori, and ina ease, falen alone itt rea. ‘Yenough: and f remember this definition af the word wgentuso, ari ‘to Thomas Edson: «Geni 10 8 napration and 90 8 perspiration.» ‘And ths is what I relly want to emphasize here. Juan's exemplary ‘characters an admirable model for anybody whe loves maple. Juan's evo- lui, in the course ofthe 28 years hat Ihave known him full of mo- ‘ments that would move anyore fo choose him asa role model». During ‘is inal lumay beginnings, hs seca sense of communication and ak lrasua inclination fomards rina in his mapc could be seen immed ‘tly. remember how he experimented at tha ime srs penife ow. Ties; his wshows a @ water, hs attempts fo unit med mage with ive Image atog he ines ofthe Prague schoo, which ended nhs Pars Row fine, whichin 1973 won fret prize ncardmapie atthe FISM Convention {nPart.Ths prize was an honor and an obvious nue (whick demon ‘Sates he faults nthe organization ofthese convention) Because they ‘Should obviously have given him the Grand Prize. If these Conventions ‘dont have the capac (0 recognize and honor one ofthe retest ache. ‘ments In the history of magic, what good are they? ‘Because the Pars Routine & simply something grand, the most amazing ‘oun that T have ever Senin mae 115 tke a perfect symphony ani ‘Gired contraction, ected with ight voted moa, impregnated ith 1 pret sense of mag, end el oft 10a pont that simply slime ‘ater, Juan demonstrated tht 1 wasnt just luck. is nvestgaions| and presetatons, his Ingenious solutions and Ms mischievous solutions, is inesant hard work and his specal sense of communication have all ‘made him ino an authentic igure the World of magic: 7A series of factor can be found in Juan which demonstrate the frm ‘basis of my satements =n univeray ening and humanistic education. His major in math- ‘matics and hs experience directing movies make him a first cas rer. {eis books and articles ot a word ts wasted (and he sll hasnt pub sed his «magnum opus.) ~ His universal curiosity and his dedication to research have turned ‘him nto am expert on the history of magi and all fs major figures. — His sens of aucience jrchology and hs mvestigacion of hy mag- ‘ceffectsafets have led him to major dacoveres and important new hk lng’On ts aspect of the magic at. "His diabolical cleverness (he ls undoubtedly the most mischievous and astute magician Inthe word) has led hr to le advantage ofa he ‘neks of the trade, new and old, with om incomparable efficiency. = Hissense of show, becuse, simply, JUAN IS THE SHOW, makes is performances unforgctaie, fl af humor, witha pleasant elmosphere tnd a touch of fantasy = "With hs sense of matic, which surrounds everthing he does, he almost achieves a paroxvam. Due fo the efficlenc of his magic the au ence doesn ust applaud, they are transported beyond thar own ms. a The universality of hs magical and pare magical knowledge allot him to sucessfully take onan unprecedented variety of procs Te can ‘lve a lecture to magilae thi brillant that make your ha stand ‘om end, or organize and direc @ weekly haf hour television program’ on ‘agi, or entertain ate businessman's convention, or furna sight che ‘udlence head over heel. ‘And despite al have said here, I fel I havent gone fr enough ‘the acruen which might expla the Juan Tarsris phenomenon. His per ‘sonality must be the secret; a personality that as been working for the {71 f Magic for many years. Thats, working wth perseverance ad dedi. Cation, lke {said before: hard work and love. And of coure, alent, the ‘ternal inadequate explanation. This talent has moved «The Professor, Dai Vernon to say of Juan: “Tamaria, Yerra pute in Engis Corirol» (Whe could as for more?) ‘TABLE OF CONTENTS RST MOVEMENT Dai Vernon, «Profesor» Cardmagie:Ettects ‘Ticks with Sleight of Hand: Back Days ‘Three Actors Double Ambitious ‘The Talsmaa ‘The Romantic Prisoner ‘The Hypnotic Power of the Jokers ‘Thiks without Sleight of Hand (amos) ‘Nether Bnd or slyA Clear Triumph Sumbiee ‘otal Coincidence ‘Tricks with Gatfed Carte “The Magic Card ‘The Traveling Cards ‘The Three Goblets Prediction Sint Close-up magic: Penkaives Sldghut ‘Twat Ubracapia “richange fects and Routines: “The Traveling Penknife Penknives and Handkerchie leas: Miscellany of eas INTRODUCTION this book {ve collected some ofthe tricks, passes and routines that Ihave crated or dovered Some of them have been Published in European of American magazines, thes in my book-magarine Magia Poa- ‘a he tnajorty have never been published, Several of them have Deen ‘wien up by Harry Lorayae and were published in Apocalypse, one wat ‘ten by Fred Robinson and war published in Pvbulr. To al of them, {o Jost Puch, to Mary Pura Mires, co Luis H. Trueba, and 10 Ricardo “Matryny hanks forte permission to reproduce this material hee. Alo, {want thank my dear musiclan-gican frend Rafuel Benatar Wh a conssleaously and clearly writen up four of my routines for this book. as much a he material comes (rom various soures and differeat period thre a wide diversity of tls inthe Merary descrpons and [Daphic which include some litle sketshe and cham raving of min. T decided not to ty to correct or rewrite, just 19 achieve greater homogenlty in syle inthe book. 1 rather decide to leave cach routine ‘rit was ween, 40 that the book that reaches your hands i ke pal Fitting scrapbook, ful of pisces of magi, srape of fe dedkated to fh eternal love, presented as Hive them (a wove ofthe) or as they sere seen by ober. TEE Tes logical and cute likely that some ofthe new ies contained in this book have already been written wp by other magicians wi haved oveod them independently. And I'm sre that others have been dico- ‘ered by on o several unknowa magicians, who have aver written down ‘el magia ideas. Toa of them and te those who T dont mention due {omy involuntary ignorance, which am always wiling to amend, I present imy mot sincere excuse, topther with the Joy of having comcided with ‘oun our dcoverie. A sube bond now joins us frateaaly ‘have uid the majority of thes effos and routines frequen athe course of my twenty Years at a profesional and another twenty 25 an Smateu/iover of magi. They arena clever ventions or resent eas {he majority have been bora, have evolved and changed, have suffered the taudience test, and have been changed agnin, through neverending a ‘Shemical proces: have stempted to cleanse them, pury them, Ingtomake tem richer and guimercallyansform tec into mageal sod ‘hey ae more a tesmony of my eforts than proot that have reached my ugoa, which means that they are sill open to change realized as I eread the proofs a ths book, that some of them are already ina more advanced ‘Sage, and have been sled once agai by thought, experience, and eles ton, ending up a alvays, ict ofthe tragic bat between fatherly love Aad the ruthless ques for authentic magicl emotions, via mystery, hol ‘ng the five points in maps by the hand, traveling up the mage way ia search ofthe dreamed of magic rainbow. ‘am talking, above all bout the more elaborate routines, and inthe prologuehistor of the Hypnotic Jokers routing, the reader wl find 3 Chronicle which iss fine example of this proces ‘To eave a writen testimony tothe people o Whom these fugues owe their existence, I would have fo write down Mary Pue's mune ist, be, ‘ase she worked wih meso itimataly during the many yar tht we ved fopether, then Jose Buchol's name would appear, my magic mentor, who ‘aught ie to love books on magic, and who offered me the chance o en joy and lar from his legendary library, whichis mow avalable vo every ody, thanks tos generous and exemplary donation of the compete co letio to the Juan March Foundation Library, in Madrid. Ofcourse, would neve forget the name of Juan AntGa, always alive ny memory, ‘the man who tranemited the theories of Mister Asani fo me dives ‘arched by the wise intuition and unparalled ar of Junio hel my left hand in «Los Mancos»(erillan’ and delightful two man closeup rou. tine, each using just one hand, performed by Tuan T. and Juan Aton) ‘and in my ie = “To Master Ascanio himseif, 0 Dai Vernon, «The Professor» and to the tender and briliantSIyin,T dedicate the tree moverents hat make ‘tp this Sonata, leaving René Lavan, «The Arts, Fo-Manchi and Fred ps, my idols and my prtual father, Jol Fras, who sided me down the path of MagieLote, forthe Fugu, the nex volume in this collection ‘of my mati, ‘To avotd making this lst interminable, I want to include in ths ‘