Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Edgard Victor Achille Charles VarÃ se , whose name was also spelled Edgar VarÃ se ( December 22 , 1883 â `` November 6 , 1965 ) , was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States .
Simplified: Edgard Victor Achille Charles VarÃ se , whose name was also spelled Edgar VarÃ se ( December 22 , 1883 â `` November 6 , 1965 ) , was an creative French composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States .