It was a period that obviously Kalomiris felt no inclination to discuss. The author attempts to assemble together written information concerning these years and gives publicity to a series of precious testimonies (by order of appearance in the text): of conductor Totis Karalivanos on some early Greek recordings; of the
composer
’s granddaughter, Mrs. Hara Kalomiri, describing conditions of poverty in the family; of ethnomusicologist Fivos Anoyanakis, close friend and confident of the composer, on an extremely significant discussion between prime minister Elefthérios Venizélos and Kalomiris; and, finally, of viola player Aristoxenos S. Vardakis on the equally unknown activity of Kalomiris as conductor of orchestral ensembles in open-air cafés and in silent movies.