New iTunes Install.  Must I Now Import Music Files?  Or Does iTunes Include Them Automatically?

I have just installed iTunes on my new computer.  All of my iTunes music files are on my hard disk.  Do I have to take some kind of affirmative action to "connect up" my music files to iTunes?  I don't seem to be able to access any of my music files with iTunes.  Do I have to import all of my music files into my iTunes library before I can listen to the music?  I know this sounds like a dumb question, and I suspect the answer is, "Of course, stupid," but I want some confirmation of what I should do at this point before going ahead.  Anyone?

I previously had my entire iTunes library on another computer, along with (of course) iTunes as well.  I could happily listen to all the music I wanted with a huge library to select from.  All was well.  Then my computer died.  Fortunately, I had everything backed up - in Carbonite, actually.  I got a new computer last week and recovered all of my data files (including my iTunes music files), which are now on the hard drive of my new computer.
Then I downloaded iTunes onto my new computer, thinking that, somehow, iTunes would "reach out" and grab all of my iTunes music files, without my having to do anything.  I don't think it works that way, right?  I think I have to import all of my music files into the newly installed version of iTunes, before I will be able to access those files through iTunes.
Is this correct?
(I still have the first computer, but I am unable to boot it up.  Since I have recovered all of my music files through Carbonite, I don't see the first computer as an issue, right?)

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