claim: Sweet Home Alabama is a song that was written in reply to Neil Young's song Alabama.
evidence: From the Diary of Sally Hemings is a song cycle for voice and piano .. The work , commissioned by mezzo-soprano Florence Quivar and Music Accord , is a collaboration between Pulitzer Prize winning composer William Bolcom and playwright Sandra Seaton .. Florence Quivar. Florence Quivar. William Bolcom. William Bolcom. Sandra Seaton. Sandra Seaton. After being contacted by Quivar , Bolcom asked Seaton to write entries for a fictional diary kept by Sally Hemings throughout her life .. Seaton 's text for 18 entries of the imaginary diary were then set to music by Bolcom .