In the main text we give the 
hairpin entered by Chopin into FC (→GE). The exact range of the mark is questionable: it is written in b. 294, the last one in line, and clearly goes beyond the bar line; however, there is no continuation thereof in b. 295. We assume that it marks the same range as in analogous b. 375-376 & 396-397, in which the hairpins in FC were also added by Chopin. GE1 omitted the mark (the engraver could have been uncertain how to interpret the described notation), whereas GE2 (→GE3) provided the hairpin with a longer range, modelled after b. 273-274, which seems less justified, since:
- the missing continuation of the mark in a new line suggests only a slight extension, and not a one-bar extension;
- Chopin wrote a longer mark only one, whereas shorter – twice.
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations
issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins, Errors in GE, GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FC
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins