vaughan williams and butterworth became close friends. it was butterworth who said to vaughan williams that it would be a good idea to turn the symphonic poem he was working on into his "london symphony". when the manuscript for that piece was lost in the post butterworth and two other musicians helped vaughan williams to write it out again. vaughan williams dedicated the piece to butterworth's memory after his death. when he left oxford, butterworth became a music critic for "the times" as well as composing and teaching at radley college, oxfordshire. he also studied at the royal college of music for a short time, working with people such as hubert parry and charles villiers stanford.