Complex sentence: The following year he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross of the German Federal Republic's order of merit, but he ceased to compose and never returned to live in Germany, bitter at the neglect of his music in post-war Germany.
Split into simpler sentences: The following year he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross of the German Federal Republic's order of merit. He ceased to compose and never returned to Germany, bitter at the neglect of his music in post-war Germany.