HT1391 All the music in my itunes library has vanished apart from the purchased items? why has this happened and where has it gone? It is no longer on my iphone or on my computer??

All my music in my itunes library has vanished apart from the purchased items! It is not in the music > itunes > itunes media folder, I've searched the entire system for mp3 and nothing.  Why has this happened and where has it all gone?

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