Johann Sebastian Bach's Air from the Third Orchestral Suite is one of the most popular classical pieces.
The term air here comes not from English, but from French, and originally goes back to the Italian word aria. In the Baroque period, an air was a song-like instrumental piece, even if it was inserted into a suite. Johann Sebastian Bach used a movement labeled air or aria in several of his suites - they vary greatly in tempo and character. Bach will have simply meant "melody."
Bach's Air is often used in film and television - whether in series like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, How I Met Your Mother or Dr. House, or in movies like Battle Royale, Seven or James Bond 007.
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