[1] Veras was organist at the Saint-Maurice church in Lille,[1] and published a small collection of harpsichord works in Paris, in 1740 according to the legal document Privilège Général.
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,[citation needed] 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.
[1] 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.
Fuller, in the composer's Grove Music Online entry, criticises his work as lacking "real imagination or variety".