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1. The canonic improbability here is its Cm resolution, as the A-natural sets up our expectation for the parallel major (C). One might find such a cadential formula, however, in a dramatic moment in (say) Massenet, where (say) a villainous character…
I'd suggest calling the c# an echapee (first and second e's with the acute accent)--a tag not only convenient but descriptive.
Jonathan Elkus
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