UJohann Sebastian Bach (Mashi 21, 1685 - Julayi 28, 1750) wayengumqambi waseJalimane wesikhathi samaBaroque. Uthathwa njengomunye wabaqambi abanethonya elikhulu futhi ababalulekile emlandweni wase-Europe, kanti umculo wakhe umele ukuphela kwesikhathi seBaroque. Amadodana amane kaBach aba ngabaculi abadumile futhi. UBach waba nomthelela omkhulu kubaqambi abeza ngemuva kwakhe, ngokwengxenye ngoba wakhuphula amafomu omculo esikhathi sakhe ezingeni eliphakeme lobuchwepheshe nobungcweti. Umculo kaBach waziwa ngobuhle bawo, ubuciko, ubukhazikhazi, ukuqina kwengqondo kanye namandla ezemizwa. Ngenxa yekhwalithi yomculo wakhe, abaqambi abangochwepheshe bavame ukumbiza ngokuthi umqambi omkhulu kunabo bonke emlandweni waseNtshonalanga. Umculo kaBach uyenziwa, ufundwe futhi uthokozelwe umhlaba wonke. UBach wazalelwa e-Eisenach ngo-1685. Wafundiswa ukudlala i-violin nguyise, uJohann Ambrosius, owayengumcilongo wasenkantolo osebenzela uMbusi wase-Eisenach. UBach wayengakabi neminyaka eyishumi ngesikhathi kushona uyise, emshiya eyintandane. Wahamba wayohlala ekhaya lomfowabo; umfowabo wayehlala e-Ohrdruf. Ngenxa yezwi lakhe elihle, uBach wathola umsebenzi esigodlweni sezindela saseMichaelis eLüneberg ngo-1700. Izwi lakhe lashintsha ngemuva kwesikhashana, kodwa waqhubeka njengomculi. Ngemuva kokuthatha umsebenzi wesikhashana eWeimar ngo-1703 njengomdlali we-violinist, uBach waba ngumdlali weNeue Kirche e-Arnstadt (1703-1707).