Snow Prince lyrics. "Snow Prince" is a choral song inspired by Claude Debussy's "Clair de lune", or the third movement of the "Suite bergamasque". The piece "Clair de lune" is also featured in the film. The "Snow Prince Gasshōdan" group is a temporary boy choir that was formed specially for this movie, and it is led by actor Shintaro Morimoto. The group comes under the management of Johnny Jr., a Japanese talent agency that specially trains male idols. "Snow Prince Gasshōdan" is made up of 10 boys, who together, had an average age of 10.5 years at the time of the filming.
Paul Verlaine Vasnier"; he also made another setting of Clair de lune, and the poem inspired his Suite bergamasque. Reynaldo Hahn set several of Verlaine's poems as did the Belgian-British composer Poldowski (daughter of Henryk Wieniawski). His drug dependence and alcoholism caught up with him and took a toll on his life. Paul Verlaine died in Paris at the age of 51 on 8 January 1896; he was buried in the Cimetière des Batignolles (he was first buried in the 20th division, but his grave was moved to the 11th division—on the roundabout, a much better location—when the Boulevard Périphérique was built).