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Meaghan,
I guess you focused you topic down a little too much. Oh, well, I think you may still be able to salvage it.
How about this, instead of just leaving you answer at "Mozart did not affect modern-day classical music" you could go a little farther. For instance, you could first start out with what parts of a composer's music can have influences on other composers (feel, tempo, certain chords, melodies, even song titles). The list can go on and on. Then, once you identify the aspects of music that can influence composers, you can go through the list, show where Mozart may or may not have had en effect, but then mention composers that did have larger effects on modern-day composers. This way, you answer your thesis, and then some.
Keep up the good work, you chose a difficult topic, but one that I am interested in. Hope it all works out!