Matthäus Fischer was born on November 26, 1763, registered at Ried, district court of Zusmarshausen (Oberdonau-Kreis (county), Swabia, Bavaria. At the age of ten he was a choir boy at the ''Monastery of the Canon''. He studied at ''Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche'' (The Holy Cross Church)'' in Augsburg, Germany, additionally training himself in musical art in which he as a rhetoric wrote various works of church music. The works were received positively during performances and underscored his developing music talent. Being that he was a good pianist and organist as well as distinguishing himself in science there was absolutely no obstacle for him to be accepted in the religious order of the aforementioned monastery. He took his religious vows at the monastery on September 9, 1783 and was ordained as a priest on March 30, 1789.