REST-API v2: search in CRM with ampersand

REST-API v2: search in CRM with ampersand

Hello,
currently, we have some companies in Zoho CRM under the "Accounts" module. Some of them contain an ampersand (&) in the account name which makes it impossible to search for. E.g.:

  1. GET https://www.zohoapis.eu/crm/v2/Accounts/search?criteria=(Account_Name:equals:Buch Musik)
works fine. But
  1. GET https://www.zohoapis.eu/crm/v2/Accounts/search?criteria=(Account_Name:equals:Buch & Musik)
throws http error 400 (invalid query formed). I tried to escape the ampersand (\&), I tried to replace it by %26, but nothing works. How can I search for Account_Name that contains ampersand or hash?

Thanks!

Daniel