Certainly Benda had a through mastery of the complex harmonic style of Mozart. Our view of composers of the 1700's has a serious tunnel vision problem!
Christian Benda, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Brigitte Quadlbauer (Speaker), Hertha Schell (Speaker), Peter Uray (Speaker) November 1994, Prague, Chapel of Brethren Church Prague
Jiří Antonín Benda Vesnický trh / Der Dorfjahrmarkt, Benda - Medea (1775), Ariadne auf Naxos... Here is where Mozart copied ...Why is this not generally known?
It was quite normal to take other people's music and use it as inspiration. Bach also used... let's say Albinoni's melodies to compose fuges with them. Nothing unusual. They considered music something that belongs to all.
