String Quartet no.2 in c# minor, op. 36

This work composed c. 1912 a little over a decade after her previous quartet, shows the amazing evolution of the artist. It has a focused tonal center and memorable material. Like much of HCC's music it exhibits unique adventurism in relationship of keys. First movement "andante"; second movement - a brisk vivace; third movement "adagio espressivo" finishing with an accelerando passage flowing straight into the last movement "allegro vivace", which is truly "earworm" material. Almost all Helen C. Crane's music shows a conscious effort to create music on a human scale, music that can be internalized and which communicates on many levels.