Asking “why don't they compose music like Bach any more?” is like asking “why don’t they make smartphones like the original iPhone anymore?”. Bach has certain

Asking “why don't they compose music like Bach any more?” is like asking “why don’t they make smartphones like the original iPhone anymore?”. Bach has certain appeal (to some—not every connoisseur of classical music is in love with it), and he’s certainly been a massive influence, but culture moves on. He was among the first to really get into harmonic modulation and a lot of other ideas—and composers have been exploring them and have since taken to new levels. If everyone mimicked Bach, we would regress; and some do mimic Bach, as the post itself states in the first sentence. There seems to be little substance in asking this question (other than to advertise one’s preferences, perhaps).