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"Many composers today can write convincingly in Mozart's style"

I agree with that statement, but I disagree with your follow-on. I think composers today actually COULD write masterpieces in Mozart's style, but there's only so much room on Mount Olympus, and works like the Jupiter Symphony (how appropriate!) and the G-minor Viola Quintet already have squatters' rights - and they aren't going to be dislodged easily. Then too, there would be such disruption and psychological resistance on the part of the public because such a state of affairs would undermine what they've been taught from childhood, i.e., that Mozart was the boy wonder of composers, a unique genius whose works can never be equaled. IOW, the public, by and large, has the mental capacity to accept only a certain limited number of GREAT WORKS - otherwise, they'll all just get confused! ;-)



Edits: 07/06/16

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