\char arg not working properly

[Steven Padalino]

Hi,
 
Brand new LilyPond user here.  I installed it yesterday on my XP machine.  I'm having trouble getting the subtitle to display properly.  I've done a search of the archives and none of the solutions offered are working for me.
 
The command:
 
subsubtitle = \markup { "from \"Instruccion de musica sobra la guitarra espa" \char #'241 "ola\" (Zarago" \char #'231 "a, 1674)" }
 
Results in:

from "Instruccion de musica sobra la guitarra espa ñ ola" (Zarago ç a, 1674)"
 
The same thing happens if I don't use the single quote after the pound sign.

The command (suggested in the archives):
 
subsubtitle = "from \"Instruccion de musica sobra la guitarra española\" (Zaragoça, 1674)"
 
Results in:
 
from "Instruccion de musica sobra la guitarra espa" (  Zarago 1674)
 
Does anyone know how I can eliminate the spaces before and after the special characters?  The \concat command was also offered, but it didn't work because I think it's been discontinued (At least it's not in the documentation PDF)?
 
Steve