Congratulations Bob

Citing his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power," Bob Dylan received a Special Citation in this year's Pulitzer Prizes. Within the last several years the Board has apparently been expanding the scope the music prize through posthumously awarding the same distinction to George Gershwin in 1997, Duke Ellington in 1998, Thelonious Monk in 2006, and John Coltrane in 2007. Dylan, however, appears to be the first not to have worked in jazz.

Anyone recognize the names below? Apparently we have them to thank.

Music Jurors, 2008 Pulitzer Prizes

Ingrid Monson, Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music and Department Chair, Music Department, Harvard University

Dwight Andrews, Composer and Associate Professor, music theory and jazz studies, Emory University

Steven Blier, faculty member, Juilliard, and Artistic Director and Co-Founder, New York Festival of Song, New York City

Tim Page, Music Critic, The Washington Post

Steven Stucky, Composer and Given Foundation Professor of Composition, Cornell University