Complex sentence: "Aura Lee" was published in 1861 with music by George R. Poulton and words by W.W. Fosdick, and this Civil War song later became popular with college glee clubs and barbershop quartets.
Split into simpler sentences: Aura Lee had music by George R. Poulton and words by W. W. Fosdick. It later became popular with college glee clubs and barbershop quartets.