Music library can't be accessed from iphoto

I don't know what I did but ... somehow my music library (both the canned music from Apple and my own itunes music) is no longer accessible from iphoto (e.g. to create a slideshow.) The only thing that plays is a piece of a broadway musical tune that is in my Itunes library.
I tried following the trouble shooting steps and recreated a playlist and then relaunched both programs. This did not solve the problem.
Any thoughts/suggestions regarding other possible causes/solutions are welcome.

Hi TD,
The screen lists all the music sources. However when I go to look for a specific music file, including all the canned music from Apple, I can not find it.
All that plays is this snippet of music from a Broadway Musical that is in my itunes library. I do remember when that snippet first appeared. I was working in IMovie. I did not select the specific music file but fear that somehow I hit some combination of commands that eliminated my ability to reach any of these music files.
Is that possible???
Thank you for your time in responding.
GS

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