Do I need to get rid of duplicate libraries?

Hi,
I suspect I have a duplicate library of music and duplicates of songs taking up memory on my computer.
I searched for a particular artist and found three versions of his songs in the following locations:
usr> music> itunes> itunes media> music> album name> artist's name> song title (and a duplicate in the same folder - the duplicate does not show up in iTunes)
and
usr> music> itunes> itunes music> artist's name> artist's name> song title
(In preferences the iTunes Media folder location is: /Users/usrname/Music/itunes/itunesmedia)
Excuse me if I am showing my ignorance, but is this how the folders should be configured? Are these necessary or unnecessary duplicates?
Thanks.

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