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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.
(Nor is it true that today's composers lack the aural skills of their predecessors.)
FYI: the term for this is timbre. Texture is something different.
On the substance: yes, aural skills are very trainable. There is no magic involved whatsoever.
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.)