Compositions
Dirksen was also a composer of almost 300 works, mostly for organ and/or choir or theater. His music has been regularly featured on Christmas at Washington National Cathedral, televised nationally on Christmas Day, as well as the September 11 Memorial Service held at the Washington National Cathedral on September 14, 2001, which was attended by all living presidents but one and viewed on television by much of the world.
His most well-known compositions include:
- A Child My Choice
- American Adventure (orchestral score)
- Chanticleer
- Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us
- God is our hope
- Jonah
- O be joyful in the Lord
- Vineyard Haven (the hymn tune for "Rejoice ye pure in heart" and other settings)
- Welcome All Wonders
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