Complex sentence: He was commissioned by the Homewood, Alabama Middle School Band to write the tune, and the inspiration came from a poem of the same title written by Ethel Armes with the quote I have found the sleeping place of the stars.
Split into simpler sentences: He was commissioned by the Homewood, Alabama Middle School Band to write the tune, with the inspiration coming from a poem of the same title written by Ethel Armes. The poem contains the line I have found the sleeping place of the stars.