J.S. Bach is one of the most famous musicians of the baroque era (the era before classical music). Is there any relevance to his music for today’s school students? The instruments are fundamentally different, the forms that he used are not even used today, and the music if you played it to a general music class would be sure to be considered “boring” by most of the students. So how do you introduce teaching music history so that learning about composers like Bach does not become a bore? The key is to think about their personal lives and any interesting trivia that sets them apart and makes them memorable. In these prepared Music Lesson Plans you’ll find loads of this sort of trivia that makes it enjoyable for students, and not so dry for teachers to prepare and teach it. Also understanding the context of the composers life will make the subject much more appealing to students as it works in with their history studies.