Philippe-François Véras

Philippe-François Véras was a French composer, organist, and harpsichordist active in Lille about 1740.

The only facts that are known about him are that he played the organ at Saint-Maurice church in Lille and that he published a small collection of harpsichord works in 1740. The pieces are organized in "Ordres" (a free-form suite of descriptive compositions), as are those of François Couperin before him, and they are influenced by the Italian style.

The following is a list of these pieces:

"Pièces de Clavecin - Premier Livre (1740)"
*Premier ordre in G/g
**Badine 1 & 2
**Les Brunes
**La Vollinate dans le goût italien
**Les Bergères 1e & 2e partie
**Tambourin 1 & 2
**Tambourin 3 (1er Menuet)
**Tambourin 4 (2e Menuet)
*Deuxième ordre in C/c
**La Divertissante
**Le Cocquelet
**La Duchesse
**La Galante
**Sarabande
**Tambourin 1 & 2
*Troisième ordre in a/A
**Le Rédiculle
**La Fidèle
**La Légère
**Tambourin 1 & 2
**La Belle
**Les Sauvages: Menuet 1 & 2
*Quatrième Ordre in D/d
**La Rinate, rondeau
**La Milordine
**Rigaudon 1 & 2
**La Belle jolée, rondeau
**La Ginguette

ee also

* French baroque harpsichordists