I wrote a quasi-academic paper about the composer Rachmaninoff (Rachmaninov) and how he used the Dies Irae theme quite prolifically.

You can download it here (3MB pdf file)

I also created a companion CD with sound clips for all the examples in the paper. I can snailmail that to you if you're interested.

DISCLAIMERS:
(some of which should be apparent upon reading the paper)

• This paper is an amateur effort and is intended for consumption by amateurs
• It was not produced under the standards, accepted styles, or guidelines of any academic institution or scholarly journal
• I do not have formal musicological training
• It has not been peer reviewed
• It has been rejected by several journals before even reaching a peer review
• It has regrettably/inevitably been indexed by such "reputable" research tools as Google and Google Scholar
• It has thus regrettably/inevitably been cited as a reference by Wikipedia editors
• It has thus regrettably/inevitably been cited as a reference in several undergraduate music papers

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