The use of the past tense here reveals the common belief that there aren’t any composers any more. I would like to bring it to your attention that this is false.
Oops. Did not mean to imply that at all. I actually know several composers who have this ability. I guess my phrase was mixed up between “Mozart had...” and “composers (such as Mozart) have...”. Agreed that if I did mean this is an ability only found in the past, people would be perfectly justified in taking offense, especially if they themselves are composers with this ability. (Are you, komponisto? Because that would be super cool.)
Oops. Did not mean to imply that at all. I actually know several composers who have this ability. I guess my phrase was mixed up between “Mozart had...” and “composers (such as Mozart) have...”. Agreed that if I did mean this is an ability only found in the past, people would be perfectly justified in taking offense, especially if they themselves are composers with this ability. (Are you, komponisto? Because that would be super cool.)