The music for this sequence is taken from the scene before the dragon ’ s cave in the second act of Siegfried . In arranging it for concert use , Wagner gave it the name Waldweben ( Forest Weavings or Forest Murmurs ) . The young hero Siegfried is left to his own thoughts by the dwarf Mime . The rustling of the leaves is first heard in D minor , then in B major . Siegfried is daydreaming . He ponders on the question of his origin . He knows that he is not of Mime ’ s blood , and the clarinet , paralleling , and explaining the idea , intones the theme of the Volsungs . As his thoughts turn to his mother the Love - Life motive emerges through the ’ cellos and violas and double basses , next in all the strings , and finally horns and bassoons take it over . A solo violin plays a subject associated with Freia , goddess of youth and love . The rustling of the leaves is again heard and the theme of the Forest Bird comes in 32 by way of the oboe , flute , clarinet and other wood winds . The music ends in a Vivace which incorporates the Fire , the Siegfried , and the Slumber motives , besides the twittering of the Forest Bird . Excerpts from “ Götterdämmerung ” — Siegfried ’ s Rhine Journey This music comes between the Prologue and the first act . It is frequently referred to as a “ scherzo . ” Siegfried has taken leave of his wife Brünnhilde and , exhorted by her , sallies forth on new adventures . The music brings up the hero ’ s past achievements , whose themes are presented in new guises . They are cleverly interwoven , the pattern being rich in colors and effects as well as in sonorities . Through the orchestral web may be detected threads akin to such thematic ideas as Siegfried ’ s horn call , the Rhine motive , the motive of Renunciation , the motive of the Rhine Daughters , the motive of the Rheingold and , last , that of the Nibelungs ’ Servitude . Climactic and exultant , the music yet gives forth many implications of impending tragedy . 관련 사이트 정보