Classical music in odd time signatures?

[ranjit]

It appears to me that odd time signatures were very uncommon in classical music pre-20th century. What is the earliest piece of classical music you can think of which uses an odd time signature? Is there any Bach in 7/8?

[brogers70]

Well, all I can do is look online, and I find, for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintuple_meter#Medieval_and_Renaissance which lists a few pieces that use quintuple meter in the Renaissance, as well as a few in the Baroque, including a passage in 5/8 from Handel's opera "Orlando".