 When the manuscript was lost (having been sent to Fritz Busch in Germany just before the outbreak of the First World War) Toye, together with George Butterworth and the critic Edward J. Dent, helped Vaughan Williams reconstruct the work.Also in 1914, Toye introduced Butterworth's rhapsodies "A Shropshire Lad" and "The Banks of Green Willow" to London audiences.The night before the première of "The Planets", Toye dined with its composer, Gustav Holst, and the conductor Adrian Boult.