I used to have a large music library on I Tunes but I somehow overwrote it with the few purchased items that were on my I-pod so I have lost everything apart from these few.  Can I retrieve a previous library even if I've somehow lost it?

I used to have a large music library on I Tunes but I somehow overwrote it with the few purchased items that were on my I-pod so I have lost everything apart from these few.  Can I retrieve a previous library even if I've somehow lost it?  Any ideas?  I've tried the Apple Support but they just showed me how to retrieve previous purchases and don't seem to have any solutions to my problem.

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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