Daniel Ho and Thomas Cole’s “Voyage of Life” Series | National Gallery of Art https://www.nga.gov/stories/sound-thoughts-art/daniel-ho-and-thomas-coles-voyage-life-series
Musician Daniel Ho spent much of his childhood on the water, so he relates to Thomas Cole’s river paintings. Ho responds to Voyage of Life with an original suite. Starting with simple harmonies to represent childhood, he gradually introduces complexity.
And he found such a patron in a New York banker named Samuel Ward, who agreed to