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I recently picked up Alec Wilder's 'American Popular Song' and am quite impressed by it. I really appreciate the little bits of transcription and he has excellent commentary on the tunes. Though I have to admit it leaves me wanting for deeper analysis; he covers so much, but just a paragraph or few at best for each song.

Can someone recommend to me a book that features similar content, looked at in a more complete manner? Something that analyzes the great standards in long form, with transcriptions ideally. 

PhD theses, blog posts also welcome. Here is an excellent long form analysis of 'Just Friends' that demonstrates exactly what I'm looking for: https://www.thinkingmusic.ca/thinkingharmony/justfriends/index.html 

Edited by Jack Pine

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