It is between two extremes - the small-scale folk song and the brilliant, impressionistic concert song - that the Madetoja solo songs lie. The complete solo songs and duets in two parts edited by Kimmo Tammivaara includes some pieces that could more or less be classified as utility music. Madetoja wrote solo songs throughout his active career. The first
works by him (1908) to be performed in public were
solo songs, and he was still producing a few in the late 1930s and early 1940s, by which time his strength was beginning to fail him.

Contents (Solo songs and duets 1)
Neljä laulua, op. 2
Viisi laulua L. Onervan runoihin, op. 9
Kolme laulua, op. 16
Pohjoispohjalaisia kansanlauluja, op. 18
Isänmaallisia lauluja, op. 20a
Nuorison lauluja, op. 20b
Viisi laulua, op. 25
Viisi laulua, op. 26
Lauluja P. Verlainen runoihin, op. 36
Neljä duettoa, op. 43