Bach, full name Johann Sebastian Bach, was one of the greatest composers of the Baroque period and is hailed as the "Father of Western Modern Music".
To the ordinary person, this musician might not be as well-known as Beethoven or Mozart.
However, in terms of Western music history, Bach was a figure of paramount importance.
The seminal work being Bach's creation of "The Well-Tempered Clavier".
This collection, composed around 1722, includes 24 preludes and fugues covering all 24 major and minor keys. In an era when keyboard instruments had not fully adopted the well-tempered tuning, Bach used this work to practically demonstrate the feasibility of the theory of well-tempering, addressing technical challenges with key modulation.
For this reason, Bach's work can be said to have laid the foundation for the development of music for centuries to come.
