Josef Jan Baptist [Josef] Cainer (29/08/1837 - 21/05/1917) was a Czech organist and music composer. In his childhood he was a singer in the church of St. She fussed. The director of the choir there, František Kohl, became his first music teacher. In 1857 he graduated from the Prague organ school. His teacher was the music composer Karel Bendl. While still a student, he was an organist in the church of St. Mikuláš, after graduating from school he continued as an organist in the church of St. Stephen. At the same time, he taught music at several Prague schools. He was one of the first teachers of Josef Bohuslav Foerster . Later he worked as an organist in the churches of St. Peter and St. Henry. Despite all his efforts, he never managed to achieve a significant position. In 1912 he suffered a serious injury, after which he could no longer practice the profession of organist. In the seventies of the 18th century, church circles tried to introduce a separate church music style, which was supposed to be timeless, not subject to changes in the audience's musical taste and fashionable musical trends. However, Cainer's music is purely romantic in its conception. He felt too bound by the church style.