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Tribute to John Paynter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2011

Grenville Hancox
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It was my wife to be, whilst teacher training at Goldsmiths in the early seventies, who drew my attention to this extraordinary man. Large, amiable, typically English in so many ways, polished shoes, be-suited, courteous, brilliant. She remembers now some 40 years later the experience of being taught, being inspired by him as a visiting lecturer on her postgraduate, initial teacher-training primary course, promulgating a philosophy of creativity in the class room whose mantra was manna to the ears of eager students, wanting in turn to teach and inspire children. This visit followed closely the publication of the revolutionary Sound and Silence, a book that changed the face of music education for ever.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Music Education , Volume 28 , Issue 01: John Paynter: Music Educator 1931–2010 , March 2011 , pp. 29 - 31
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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