Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685.3.21-175.7.28) was a German composer in the Baroque period and an outstanding organ, violin and harpsichord player. Bach is generally regarded as one of the most important composers in the history of music, and is honored as "the father of modern music in the west", and also one of the most important figures in the history of western culture. In 25, zweites deutsches fernsehen voted for the greatest German, and he ranked sixth, second only to the fifth greatest German Chancellor Willy Brandt.

Bach was born in a musical family in Eisenach, a small town in Thuringia, central Germany. He was a famous court musician in his lifetime and spent the last 27 years in St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany.

Bach integrated the musical styles of different nationalities in Western Europe. He combines the essence of Italian, French and German traditional music, and his music is wonderful, perfect and seamless.

Bach himself was not famous in his life, and he was forgotten by the world fifty years after his death. However, in the past century and a half, his fame has been growing constantly. Generally speaking, he is one of the two or three greatest composers beyond time and space, and some people think that he is one of the greatest composers.