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Spreckels Organ Pavilion, is a pavilion in San Diego, California that houses the open-air Spreckels Organ located in Balboa Park. The Spreckels Organ is world's second largest outdoor pipe organs. Constructed for the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, it is located at the corner of President's Way and Pan American Road East in the park. ==History== John D. Spreckels, son of sugar magnate Claus Spreckels, was one of the wealthiest residents in San Diego County. He supported the Panama-California Exposition, and during its construction, he and his brother Adolph B. Spreckels gave the organ pavilion as a gift to "the people of San Diego" and "the people of all the world" on December 31, 1914. They donated $33,500 ($ today) for the organ and $66,500 ($ today) for the pavilion.〔 After Spreckels announcement a local orchestra performed Jacques Offenbach's ''Orpheus in the Underworld'' which was then followed by a 250-person chorus that sang pieces from Joseph Haydn's oratorio, ''The Creation''.〔Amero (2013), p. 51〕 On July 27, 1915 former president Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech at the organ pavilion in front of nearly 19,000 people. He touched on topics about world peace and his desire for the United States to maintain a minimum of 200,000 military members.〔Amero (2013), p. 93〕 He also requested that San Diegans keep the temporary buildings set up for the exposition permanently.〔Pourade (1965), p. 197〕 Former president William Howard Taft also spoke at the pavilion to over 7,000 people on September 16, 1915. Taft commended the city on the architecture used for the exposition buildings.〔Amero (2013), p. 99〕 John D. Spreckels also donated the services of renowned organist Dr. Humphrey J. Stewart for the two-year run of the exposition. After the exposition Spreckels extended Stewart's contract. When Spreckels died in 1926, the pavilion was used for his memorial service.〔Christman (1985), p. 74〕 When the Navy borrowed Balboa Park during World War II no organ concerts were played from 1942-48. During the 1970s and 1980s, the pavilion fell into disuse and risked being demolished. Around $1.1 million was raised for repairs by the early 1980s from the city and a local non-profit.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spreckels Organ Pavilion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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