Bach seem ordinary when compared to other famous musicians/composers at his time because he preferred older forms to the more popular brave style of his contemporaries.
Explanation:
- Johann Sebastian Bach's non-musical explains notoriety and poor publication output as a composer during his lifetime.
- He was capable of being innovative within the boundaries of this older forms of music.
- He was comparatively an indiscipline youth.
- His religious music emerged from unmusical ideals, that it appeals to the "classical public" because it lacks virtuosity and passion.
- He borrowed some of Vivaldi's ideas and copied out many of the concerts of Vivaldi and also some other composers.