Did I just lose all my music for good?

Is there any way to get back the libray source file if I accidentally sent it to the "recycle bin" ( actually it's an incinerating demon). All titles are stil listed the songs just cannot be located. Will a newer version of itunes allow me to re-download already previously purchased music? Please someone tell me some good news
thanks

I was trying to clean up my library because I just got a new music hard drive and loaded the songs incorrectly the first time and tried again, successfully. So I had duplicate copies of my new music. I tried to remove them, grabbed the wrong file, put it in the recycle bin. Unaware of the size limit of my recycle bin, I thought foolishly that I could put it there and go get it back if it was the wrong file. It disappeared immediately.
I have been able to find my mp3 files and listen to them one by one, though I'm still not sure if it's everything since that file I threw out just vanished for good.
THanks for the help

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