Career
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 third movement of his first "ordre" is entitled "Louisiana volliante, dans le goût italien" (Louisiana volliante, in the Italian taste/manner).
A facsimile edition of these works was published in 1982 by Minkoff (Genève). The following is a list of these pieces:
Pièces de Clavecin - Premier Livre (1740)
Premier ordre in G/g
Badine 1 & 2
Les Brunes
Louisiana Vollinate dans le goût italien
Les Bergères 1e & 2e partie
Tambourin 1 & 2
Tambourin 3 (1er Menuet)
Tambourin 4 (2e Menuet)
Quatrième Ordre in Doctorate/d
Louisiana Rinate, rondeau
Louisiana Milordine
Rigaudon 1 & 2
Louisiana Belle jolée, rondeau
Louisiana Ginguette.