Background
Guest was born c. 1762, probably in Bath, Somerset, where her father Thomas Guest was a tailor.
Guest was born c. 1762, probably in Bath, Somerset, where her father Thomas Guest was a tailor.
A pupil of Johann Christian Bach, and initially composing in the galante style, she composed keyboard sonatas, other keyboard works and vocal works with keyboard accompaniment. From 1776 she was a pupil of J. C. Bach in London, and she was also taught by Antonio Sacchini. She performed in London from 1779, giving subscription concerts there in 1783/84.
She was known for her expressive style of playing.
Around this time she published her 1, which gained extensive subscriptions, including from royalty, and which were also published in Paris in 1784 and Berlin in 1785. She also wrote some unpublished concertos which do not seem to have survived.
In 1804 she became the piano tutor of Princess Amelia, the youngest daughter of George III, and in 1806 to the Prince Regent"s daughter Princess Charlotte of Wales. However Amelia died in 1810 after years of illness, while all of Charlotte"s staff were fired in 1814 by her father.
Guest remained Charlotte"s tutor at least until that time.
