Can I globally change the itunes folder names

Due to some complicated circumstances regarding setting up a new laptop and copying my iTines media files across, I have created the following situation:
1. All files are under a folder called iTunes/iTunes Media in their appropriate folders e.g. iTunes/iTunes Media/Beatles
2. All of these files have been duplicated in a sub folder called iTunes/iTunes Media\Music e.g. iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Beatles
At some point, and due to some jiggery pokery on my part that I cannot remember, I have iTunes pointing to a mixture of these i.e. some albums are located in the ITunes Media folder and some in the Music sub folder
I need to remove the duplicate folder to free up space on my laptop so would like to simply globally change any reference in locvations of iTunes/iTunes Media\Music to iTunes/iTunes Media\Music
This would solve my issue rather than trawl through thousands of missing location files and individually changing these. is this possible at the database level?

Rather than delete anything by hand I suggest you start by fixing the broken links with my script FindTracks.
You could then import the iTunes Media folder to reattach any orphaned files to the library.
You can then dedupe with my DeDuper script. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping (actually that should be the first thing you do).
Finally turn Keep organize... off, then turn it back on again. Also make sure under File > Library > Organize Library that Reorganize files in the folder iTunes Media is greyed out. If not, tick the box and press OK.
The aim is to end up with the library set out as described in make a split library portable.
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