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cresc. - - - to b, 309 in A |
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cresc. - - to end of b. 309 in GE |
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cresc. - - & |
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cresc. - - & |
Chopin added the multi-bar cresc. - - indication – along with a number of other indications in this fragment – to A after [FC] had been finished, which explains its absence in FE (→EE1). In the very FE (or earlier in [FC]) there is only the 
hairpin in bar 309, which, being almost certainly authentic, can be considered an alternative concept of leading the course to the culminant chord in bar 310.
In the A notation it is noteworthy that the dashes markings the range of crescendo do not reach the end of bar 309, and therefore 
and 
in bar 310. GE considered it an insignificant inaccuracy and extended the dashes to the end of the bar. We provide this natural interpretation of the A notation in the main text. However, it is also likely that Chopin hesitated while writing the dashes, perhaps considering using a different indication in the last bar, e.g. a , as in FE, and then started doing something else without making the decision. We include this possibility as an alternative solution.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: EE revisions, Corrections in A, GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE, Inaccuracies in A
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins, Verbal indications