Bach seem ordinary when compared to other famous musicians/composers at his timebecause 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.