My old mac = dead. Bought a new one - how do I open my old iTunes library?

It's stored on an external hard drive. I've searched the forums and found out about holding down function and opening iTunes, but when I choose library and click on my external hard drive it just lists all the artists rather than a folder containing them all. Any help would be much appreciated as the only thing that stopped me killing myself when my old mac died was knowing I had all my music on the external hard drive.
Thanks in advance.

Sorry to bump this thread, but can anyone help? Many thanks.

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