I lost all my music, but it's still on my computer.

Hi Everyone!
A long time ago, I lost all of the music in my iTunes. All I could find in my itunes was the iTunes Library Extras music (eg Ninja Tuna by Mr Scruff). I hoped my music would come back when I updated my iTunes, but it didn't. Now I'm finally trying to crack the problem. And I've found all the music files. They're in a folder called iTunes Media, which is inside the iTunes folder.
So it appears that I still have all my music on my computer, but it's not referenced in the iTunes Library folder. The records are in the building, but they're not in the jukebox.
How can I restore the iTunes Library folder to the way it was? Following the advice of Apple support, I tried to find an older, undamaged incarnation of the folder in Previous iTunes Libraries. Alas, the oldest library in the folder was from 2012, and it was just like the others: none of my music, just the default iTunes albums.
So my question is: how do I get iTunes to go back to playing my music again? I'm guessing it will have something to do with the iTunes Library folder, but I'm really not sure what to do next. I really want to have all my music playing in iTunes, so that I can download new music from CDs and put it on my iPod. I have a lot of CDs full of music that I want to put on my iPod, but I've been afraid to try ripping them for fear of making my iTunes problem even more tangled. I've also been hesitant to connect my iPod to my computer, as I fear it will synchronize automatically and wipe all the music off my iPod.
Is there a way of transferring the albums from iTunes Media to iTunes Library? A way of rewriting iTunes Library so that it includes all my music? I feel like I'm over my head here.
Thanks for reading!

Thanks! As it happens, I went to the genius bar yesterday, and they had me do pretty much the same thing. Now I can play all my songs on my computer, in iTunes.
A new problem has arisen however: the songs aren't transferring to my iPod. I plugged the iPod into the computer, it gave me the synchronizing message, and then it told me I could unplug it, so I did, but none of the new music I downloaded has made it onto my iPod. Do you know why this might be?

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