Philippe-François Véras was a French composer, organist and harpsichordist active in Lille about 1740.
Veras was organist at the Saint-Maurice church in Lille, and published a small collection of harpsichord works in 1740. A small amount of biographical information can be gleaned from this 1740 publication, as it plainly states he was employed there. As was typical of harpsichord works of this period, the pieces are organized in "Ordres" (a free-form suite of compositions containing descriptive, picturesque titles) in a manner similar to
François Couperin before him. The music of Véras suggests he was influenced by Italian styles: the melodic contours and harmonic language of his works show a substantial stylistic affinity with the sonatas of
Domenico Scarlatti. The third movement of his first "ordre" is entitled "La volliante, dans le goût italien" (La volliante, in the Italian taste/manner). A facsimile edition of these works was published in 1982 by Minkoff (Genève), ISBN 2-8266-0792-8.
