 Among Paynter’s music composed for adults, his choral settings of Gerard Manley Hopkins "The Windhover", and "God's Grandeur" are particularly striking in their sensitivity and response to the Christian meaning of Hopkins’ texts.As an educator, Paynter's publication in 1970 of "Sound and Silence" had a seminal influence of the practice of classroom music teachers.Paynter was passionate in his conviction that music was exciting for children to explore independently and that the subject could be approached in a multitude of different ways.