Music: Red-skinned Neptune

"Those of us who know the Great Lakes are aware that they, too, have their mysterious depths and their temperamental moods. We know the bleakness of Erie in foul weather and her quiet beauty in fair. . . . We have rowed strenuously under invigorating conditions. And again drifting, we have heard music across the water. . . . And there is always a far-off yet vivid song transcending all moods of Erie—perhaps some ancient red-skinned Neptune blowing into a shell."

Clevelanders sitting in Severance Hall not far from Lake Erie, last week...