Itunes music library wont appear on new computer

Hello
I am sure that in the past when I have authorised a computer that all of the music I have had in my library has appeared. Yesterday my computer got broken beyond repair so I have had to go out and buy a new one. I have downloaded ITunes and signed in and authorsied the new computer but for some reason the only songs that are appearing in my library are 4 songs which I have purchased. All the other songs that I have previously put on there from cds are no longer showing. Why is this as I never had this problem when I purchased the last computer and did the exact thing I am trying to do now. If anyone can help that would be great and sorry if this is in the wrong place, have never used this site before. Thank you.

Authorizing a computer for your Apple ID only authorizes it to play media purchased with the Apple ID.  In addition, you can associate up to 5 computers with your ID to download previous purchases.  (Associating a computer happens when you download previous purchases, enable automatic downloads, or sign into iTunes Match.)
However, iCloud only has music and other media purchased from the iTunes store.  Your personal music from your CDs is only stored in the iTunes library on your computer unless you subscribe to iTunes Match.  If you do, your library (up to 25,000 songs) is then availble through iCloud.
If you changed computers in the past, the only way you would have been able to access your other music would be if you had copied the iTunes folder from your old computer to your new one, or re-imported your CDs.
If the hard drive in your old computer still functions, you could put it in a usb inclosure and copy the entire iTunes folder to your new computer as explained here under "External Drive" starting at "Part 2": http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527.

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