The difference between GC and FE causes that it is hard to state what range of crescendo Chopin marked in [A]. According to us, both an inaccuracy of the engraver and the copyist is possible – bars 44 and 45 are visually very similar, in both sources the dashes were led to the end of the line of the text, perhaps following the layout of the text on the page. The stylistic criteria also do not clearly indicate one of the versions:
- the target point of the crescendo can be the appoggiatura in bar 44 – the following after it appoggiatura in bar 45 is placed lower;
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however, one can also imagine the crescendo until the
sign in bar 45, in which the ascending progression of the bass ends.
Due to these reasons, in the main text we suggest a variant solution.
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notation: Verbal indications