In addition to creating that work, he wrote a book of 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys, The Well-Tempered Clavier.
The sixteenth of one of this composer's sets is a French overture, and every third piece in that set is a canon. This creator of the Goldberg Variations composed a work in which the string section creates a  "halo" around Jesus's words. In addition to creating that work, he wrote a book of 24 preludes and fugues in all major and minor keys, The Well-Tempered Clavier. For 10 points, identify this Baroque composer of the St. Matthew Passion.
The sixteenth of one of this composer's sets is a French overture, and every third piece in that set is a canon.
Johann Sebastian {Bach} [prompt on {Bach}]